Re: old discussion

> >It certainly seems that issues about information in "general-evolution",
> >self-organizing systems, and the like fall into the "generative" category;
> >while morphology and structuralist descriptions in general (from phenomenology
> >on out) are "constitutive". Biological processes in general may start out
> >constitutive, but upon close examination turn out the be generative, as may the
> >universe itself, and consciousness (or at least the mind).
>
> Complete agreement. However, when talking about the physical universe, this
> seems to imply a conflict with the "flat" type of explanation that physics
> provides, and particularly with the core of the Three Mechanics. Perhaps
> the open issues of contemporary physics (measurement, gravity, time flow,
> Second Law...) could be related to the dismissal of generative and
> communicational aspects.

Intriguing.

> In this regard, the partially contradictory
> ontology of subatomic physics looks quite intriguing.

I was with you up to this point--I think. Could you unpack this last idea
a bit more using a combination of communicative information with a Trojan
Horse of generative information embedded in it for me?

Allan
Received on Mon Oct 18 11:30:36 1999