I have finally read the article "Intentionality is the mark of the vital". It contains interesting remarks about the mind/body problem, about the relationship between mental and material "substance", and nice illustrations (for example about lions and gnus). Well written.
If "intentionality is the mark of the vital", are artificial agents with intentions the first step towards vital, living systems ? Agents are of course used in artificial life, but in the context of the article the question seems to gain new importance. -J. ________________________________ From: Nicholas Thompson Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 3:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FRIAM] self-consciousness For those rare few of you that are INTENSELY interested by the recent discussion on self consciousness, here is a paper on the subject which asserts that every organism must have a point of view. http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/id14.html ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
