Rationally Speaking (Free subscription) | yesterday
Since people have asked, here is my take on Stuart Kauffman’s ideas on reductionism and emergence . Kauffman distinguishes between two types of emergence, “epistemological” and “ontological.” Epistemological emergence is the idea that complex systems cannot be described, as a matter of practice, in terms of their component units because of our epistemic limitations, that is our...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Modern science has given rise to the secular state and science and religion are now seen by many as contradictory ways of viewing the world. Science seems to have no place for a spiritual dimension and many people find this bleak and disturbing. But, in a recent book, Reinventing the Sacred (Basic Books 2008), Stuart Kauffman describes how, viewed in a broad enough context, science can...
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... Ken Miller. Dawkins has his own spin on the subject. He begins by addressing a question posed by Stuart Kauffman in 1985. Kauffman asked whether there are certain features of life that are easy to evolve. If so, we might expect these features to appear whenever life evolves. On the other hand ....
Phil Windley's Technometria (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... of some of those who don't use Macs, and Clay Shirky's recent book, "Here Comes Everybody". Stuart Kauffman - Reinventing the Sacred (Rating: 3.44) Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with biologist and author Stuart Kauffman, about his latest book "Reinventing the Sacred," which discusses a new way to look at science, the universe, and the mystery of life. Ken Ledeen & Harry Lewis...
Complexity digest 2008.03 (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Developmental biologist Stuart Kauffman is clearly one who thinks we must expand evolutionary theory. Kauffman, now head of the Biocomplexity and Informatics Institute at the University of Calgary, is known for his decades-long investigations into self-organization. He's been described by one evolutionary biologist as a "very creative man, try reading one of his books" who said...
Darwiniana (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... 3 Jerry Fodor and Stan Salthe Open the Evo Box 4 Theory of Form to Center Stage 5 The Two Stus Stuart Kauffman – Peace, Love & Complexity Stuart Newman – The Chess Master 6 The Two Massimos Massimo Pigliucci – Evolution & Flamboyance? Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini – Evoluzione senza Adattamento 7 The One and Only Richard Lewontin 8 Knight of the North Star: Antonio Lima-de-Faria,...
Rationally Speaking (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Here we go again, this time it is Stuart Kauffman’s turn to write silly things about science and religion. Kauffman is a serious and brilliant scientist, best known for his work on complexity theory and its application to evolutionary biology. But he has now joined an increasingly long and embarrassing list of scientists who write really silly things about religion and how it relates...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Over at the Templeton Foundation, several thinkers, including Steven Pinker, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, Mary Midgley, Christopher Hitchens, and Stuart Kauffman among them, discuss the issue and give very divergent answers. Pervez Hoodbhoy: Not necessarily. But you must find a science-friendly,...
TruthBook Religious News Blog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Jonathan Davies Gauntlet News June 05, 2008 Book Review: A University of Calgary professor is trying to bring science and religion closer together. In his latest book, Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion, Dr. Stuart Kauffman argues society needs a new worldview that accepts the inability to fully understand the universe through science alone. For over four...
