#HHPattee

@FrohlichMarcel

check this Dec in Istambul
https://complexnetworks.org/

with #hhPattee alumni @lmrocha Chair!

97yo genie #HHPattee published a chapter just few months ago in #OpenSemiotics vol4, in which expands & pushes his theoretical argumentation framework, embracing the recent biology research on #abiogenesis & spontaneous #folding

top quote:

» #RNATieClub did not discover the “mechanism” of the code because there was no #mechanism
The code is symbolic or “chemically gratuitous” in #Monod words
There was nothing to discover from laws or logical thinking «

https://www.academia.edu/114451075/Symbol_Grounding_by_Folding_The_Primary_Biosemiosis

#biosemiotics

Weekend Surprise!

“Behavior and Culture in One Dimension“ author Dennis Waters interview, in which as #HHPattee disciple, can't await to display Pattee collected works in min. 1

Followed by @ceperez first question on the Epistemic Cut !
And a clearly, down to basics, and pragmatic response!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN0icquoRdo

#epistemicCut #semanticClousure #biosemiotics #philosophyofscience

A classic on #AL and #AI from #HHPattee written back in 1995 when polymer folding was still a *computationally intractable problem*.
Still, his thoughts are as powerful as ever.

"Artificial Life Needs a Real Epistemology"

https://www.academia.edu/3075569/Artificial_Life_Needs_a_Real_Epistemology

@Inquiry @Harishjosev

Yes, another version of #CSPeirce's triad is #WRAshby's distinction between #Machine (object, observed phenomenon), #System (a finite set of variables and their relationships selected by the #Observer), and the #Model created by the observer to describe or/and #Control the machine.

However, I was speaking about the different phenomena (machines) and their *controllability*.
Mere #Physical (static or dynamic) #Structures driven by known (discoverable, invariant) #NaturalLaws as opposed to emergent #DynamicalSystems that are under the influence of arbitrary, local #Rules as explained by #HHPattee.

#HHPattee
"#HierarchyTheory: The challenge of complex systems" - Published back in 1973, but many people still struggle to understand it.

It affects everything, from the #OriginofLife to #Democracy, #Control, #FreeWill ...
This matter is so fundamental that it should be taught in schools as part of a standard high school curriculum, along with physics, chemistry, and biology.

https://www.academia.edu/863851/Hierarchy_theory_The_challenge_of_complex_systems