Phil Henshaw wrote: > You say math can jump in and out of context with 'meta-math', "a mechanistic > method for "jumping out" of the context of any given mechanism into its > entailing context." If you have a complete mathematical representation of > a button, how would you derive a representation of a button hole from it?
That's a trick question. You cannot have a complete math representation of a button without also having a complete math representation of a button hole. So, the representation of the button hole would depend almost entirely on the representation of the button. Note that you didn't say "plastic disk with 4 holes and a dimple in the middle" ... you said "button", which directly implies the functions in which a "button" participates, which is what requires the representation of the "button hole." Oh how we reductionists long for a teleology free language! [grin] -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-219-3846, http://tempusdictum.com ============================================================ 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
