Re: [xtm-wg] The Nature of Things...

[Jack Park <jackpark@verticalnet.com>]

I have found a paper at http://www.umist.ac.uk/csc/fstb/udine.pdf .  The
document is titled "Fuzzy Relational Biology."  Its author, O. Wolkenhauer,
applies Rosens Relational Biology, combined with thinking from Popper and
Schopenhauer and Zadeh to talk about genome analysis.  By page 87, under
Systems Theory in Molecular Biology, he begins to discuss Rosen's thinking
fairly well. I believe that a brief scan will allow readers a glimpse into
the point of view I reference in this thread.
Cheers
Jack

From: Jack Park <jackpark@verticalnet.com>

> Hi Matthew, comments below...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: West, Matthew MR SSI-GREA-UK <matthew.r.west@is.shell.com>
> To: <xtm-wg@egroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 8:39 AM
> Subject: RE: [xtm-wg] The Nature of Things...
>
>
> > Dear Jack,
> >
> > I do not mean the "framework" I present (mostly other peoples ideas
> > collected into one place) to be reductionist. I agree fully with you
that
> > the way things are built up is of critical importance. Hence the section
> > which is about "organisational levels". However, you need to identify
the
> > parts before you can try to explain how they fit together.
> >
> And I did not mean to imply that I was anti-reductionist but rather that
> reductionist thinking can carry us only so far.  I agree fully with you
that
> one needs to identify the parts before trying to explain them.  I am just,
> perhaps, amplifying your "organizational levels" section by pointing out
> Rosen's work.
>
> > I am also aware of other viewpoints, Armstrong's in particular. However,
> in
> > general I have found that the approach I have gravitated to is able to
> > explain other viewponts, rather as general relativity can explain the
> > Newtonian view of gravity.
> >
> > I am always open to challenge on specific points. I might learn
something.
> >
> I like to think that my point was not offered as a challenge to anything
you
> wrote, rather to illuminate some scholarship that I do not think gets
> exposed sufficiently.
> Cheers
> Jack



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