Re: making complex systems a la Rosen

Dr. Gary Boyd (boydg@VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA)
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:43:05 -0400


OK;
There may indeed be something worth trying to understand here.
which will be of some real value someday.
sorry for my rudeness.
My pragmatic engineering realist perspective
and sense of doom regarding our planet,
is a bit too far away for me to appreciate all this, that's all
I guewss.
u wrote:

>Dear Gary,
>As I was personally cited here, I believe that I have to answer.
>The question here is not of a "rosenolatry". I myself know very little about
>the work of Rosen. Some participants on the list stressed the opinion that
>his work MAY be important to the development of complex systems, which
>may have a profound impact in the development of cybernetic (intelligent)
>systems. So, if is there this possibility, it is our duty to understand the
> claims
>
>that appeared insofar, and put the matter into discussion in order to
evaluate
>HOW MUCH this work can cause an impact in the construction of cybernetic
>systems. To make this evaluation, we have first to UNDERSTAND what
>exactly is this theory, derive the implications of accepting it and
further try
>to incorporate or refutate it in our work. I believe this is what we are
doing
>right now with this discussion about the work of Rosen.

OK,
Carry on!

Professor Gary Boyd, Education (Educational Technology Graduate
Programme)Concordia University,
1455 DeMaisonneuve West, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3G 1M8.
<boydg@vax2.concordia.ca> tel.(514)848-3459, fax(514)848-4520.
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