WESSbook, Nature of Space, Call for Volunteers, October 12, 2002.

Dear Colleagues:

Following our discussion of the inadequacies of the current
hypothesis on Cosmic Evolution on May 4, 2002, we posed a list of
questions concerning the fundamental scientific issues relating to
the emergence of complexity. During these discussions, we recognized
that different individuals were proposing different concepts of time,
matter, space and identity. The WESSbook sessions of June 8, 2002 and
September 21, 2002 have revealed basic distinctions among our views.

We will continue this series of explorations on October 12, 2002.
The meeting will be begin at 12:00 PM in room 284 of the Reiss
Science Building on the Georgetown University campus. This session
will be an "open mike" session for all participants under the
guidelines given below.

Volunteers are sought to give presentations on current views of this
important metaphysical question.

The session will be divided into two parts, Early and Late.

Volunteers for the "Early" part are requested to submit a title and
several sentences describing their hypothesis on the nature of space.
We hope to have three of four individuals from three or four
different disciplines who can give substantial presentations on their
views.

"Late" speakers are invited to submit an email, including a proposed
title, documenting their desire to comment on the views of the
"Early" speakers or to briefly develop another perspective of time.

Free discussion will follow the early and late speakers.

Please volunteer at your earliest convenience. In order to schedule
an orderly meeting and to notify other WESSbook participants, it is
necessary to receive your title no later than Saturday, October 5th,
2002.

We will partition the available time democratically between the
longer and the shorter talks.

An open question: Should we consider future WESSbook sessions on
other fundamental issues related to the circumstances of the
emergence of complexity, such as: The Nature of Identity, The Nature
of Mind, The Nature of Energy, or Nature of Logic?

This question is asked because WESS has been invited to present a
session at a Symposium being organized by the Washington Academy of
Sciences. The Washington Academy of Sciences symposium will be held
in March, 2004. The symposium would provide WESS members to present
their views to a wider audience.

Your comments on this proposal on the nature of space and the
potential for participation in the Washington Academy of Sciences
symposium are welcomed.

The volume of literature on nature of space is huge. If you would
like guidance on relevant works on the nature of space relevant to
this WESSbook meeting, please call.

Cheers

Jerry LR Chandler

703 - 790 -1651
Received on Sun Sep 22 22:48:00 2002