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SUMMARY:Incorporating Meaning into Fundamental Physics - Brian Josephson\,
  Physics Department\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Prof. Brian Josephson
DESCRIPTION:* Links to "*_webcast_*":https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/2657924 a
 nd to "*_slides_*":http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/Documents/Spain-201
 7.pdf\n\nABSTRACT\n\nCurrent science has no place for meaning at a fundame
 ntal level. In this lecture an alternative approach is developed\, involvi
 ng a consistent synthesis of a number of those advanced by various authors
  in the past where meaning plays a significant role\, including biosemioti
 cs (Peirce’s theory of signs applied to biology)\, along with Hoffmeyer
 ’s derivative  concept semiotic scaffolding\; Barad’s agential realism
 \, where reality is constructed by cooperating ‘agencies’\; and Yardle
 y's Circular Theory\, involving a dynamic\, infinitely deep hierarchical 
 ­structure of interrelating systems and processes. Hankey’s ‘locus of
  control’ supports a mathematical formulation of these ideas\, but the r
 esulting picture would involve a vast irregular collection of interlocking
  abstractions\, rather than the tidy unity sought in regular physics.\n\nT
 he existence of systems such as human language and critical fluctuations s
 upports the idea that the organisation implicit in Yardley's picture arise
 s naturally\, opening up the possibility of a new approach to understandin
 g the natural world that overcomes Smolin’s ‘trouble with physics’ a
 nd can provide a new perspective on issues such as the role of the observe
 r\, the origin of life\, and the process of evolution.
LOCATION:view on your computer via webcast\, link below
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