SUO: RE: Re: Re: Abstraction, Analogy, Example, Icon, Metaphor, Model, Morphism, Paradigm, Prototype, Simulation

["Philip Jackson" <phil.jackson@computer.org>]

Jack and Jon,

I'm especially interested in ontology and epistemology of physics, and think
these topics could be relevant to SUO....What I find very interesting is how
we are able to extend our concept base for scientific knowledge, e.g. via
metaphoric application of concepts from one domain to another.... Which
relates to linguistics, semiotics, etc... So I'd like to participate, or at
least lurk, in a discussion of such topics....

Cheers,

Phil Jackson

>
> Jon,
> I would be very interested to persue a discussion of qualitative physics.
> Would that need to be conducted on a different venue?
> Jack Park
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jon Awbrey <jawbrey@oakland.edu>
> <snippage>
> OK, this part I think I get, as I did spend some time studying
> the "Qualitative Physics" of Ken Forbus, Ben Kuipers, and others.
> But that was a long time ago, and my present approach to these
> issues has evolved quite a bit since then.  Let me know if you
> want to talk about that.
>