[FRIAM] the role of metaphor in scientific thought

[Prof David West]

Nick, I will try to take notes and post them. I have sent you three
emails (one was a resend of the first and the second was a note to
check your spam filter for the other two). Re your group selection
metaphor paper.
davew



On Sun, Jun 18, 2017, at 10:46 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
> Dear Friammers,


>  


> I understand that some members of the Mother Church are getting
> together soon for a discussion on the role of Metaphor in Scientific
> Thought.  Hard for me to imagine a meeting that I would regret missing
> more than this one.  I hope that some of you will post some of your
> deliberations under this thread so that those of us in the Friam
> diaspora can have some of the value of them.>  


> FWLIW, The attached PDF is from a book manuscript,  pieces of which
> have been kicking around for more than 40 years, which Eric Charles
> has been trying unsuccessfully to get me to pull together into
> something publishable. If any of you is curious, the text will help
> you to understand the things I said in the recent complexity
> discussion and their relation to the “levels” discussion and the
> metaphor discussion that follows.  The specific discussion on metaphor
> is late in the pdf, so that if that is what interests you, you can
> safely skip to the first section on models.  For me, a model is just a
> scientific metaphor. Full stop.>  


> If anybody had comments to share, we, of course, would be deeply
> grateful.>  


> There are more chapters.


>  


> Nick  


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