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references a-b
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chaotic behavior
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problem of classifying information
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classification
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statistical mechanics
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recognition
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evolutionary systems
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discrete vs. continuous
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sense perception
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facts as relationships between entities
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knowledge as interrelated facts
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information
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psychiatry
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psychology
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biology
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is a name a literal string or a symbol
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sets
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number as a named set of numbers
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set definition by extension or intension
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names independent of objects

Reference

Bateson, Gregory, Mind and Nature: A necessary unity, New York, E.P. Dutton, 1979. Google

Quotations
40 ;;Quote: divergent sequences are unpredictable because they concern individuals
41 ;;Quote: while a chain will break at its weakest link, it is difficult to predict the link
42 ;;Quote: statements about individuals and classes are different logical types; hard to predict one from the other
44 ;;Quote: convergent sequences are predictable because they concern immense crowds or classes of individuals
45 ;;Quote: need some sort of selective machinery to pluck the new idea or structure from the random; otherwise would not persist
46 ;;Quote: a meaningful message or regularity requires a complementary skill to recognize it; as evanescent as the pattern itself
48 ;;Quote: evolution and learning lead to overpacked ecologies and minds; the egg clears the memory banks of the species
49 ;;Quote: quantity is approximate; you can never have exactly three gallons of water
82 ;;Quote: a mirror image reverses front and back, not right and left; e.g., top and bottom not reversed
99 ;;Quote: information is difference that makes a difference; meaning depends on relations with other parts of the world
119 ;;Quote: invoke experimental neurosis by gradually increasing the difficulty of making a discrimination
124 ;;Quote: the purpose of exploration is to discover information, so shock while exploring is information instead of punishment
149 ;;Quote: the two great stochastic systems are learning and evolution; the unity of the combined system is necessary
167 ;;Quote: while vertebrate embryos are very similar, beetle larvae vary widely
184 ;;Quote: the difference between evolution and learning is similar to the different between digital and analog or name and process named
184+;;Quote: name vs. process that is named is similar to digital vs. analog
185 ;;Quote: there must be generative process whereby a class is created before it is named
229 ;;Quote: a name is a different logical type than the thing named


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Topic: problem of classifying information (41 items)
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Topic: recognition (50 items)
Topic: evolutionary systems (38 items)
Topic: discrete vs. continuous (47 items)
Topic: sense perception (52 items)
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Topic: psychiatry (2 items)
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Topic: number as a named set of numbers (15 items)
Topic: set definition by extension or intension (18 items)
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