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VARIOUS NEWS

In the last few months, several new candidates have applied to make a PhD with PCP (mostly at the PCP office in Brussels, at the Center Leo Apostel, although the Los Alamos office may also be involved). Tina Chatzara, a media theorist from Greece, has already started doing research on the principles that underly the design of effective complex information systems.

We are still discussing practical arrangements with a number of other candidates from the USA and Eastern Europe.

Although the sudden popularity of PCP as a center for doing graduate studies pleases us, we must note that our resources are limited, both in time for supervising work, and in funding (no scholarships are
available at the moment).

Therefore, candidates must understand that they will have to arrange most practical support themselves, although we will of course help them with general guidance.

Because of general demand, we have also created a web page listing study programs in cybernetics, systems and complexity around the world

(http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/CSSTUDY.html).

Since this list is far from complete, we would ask you to send us the URLs of any additional programs you may be aware of.

Allison DiazForte, a librarian from Australia, through volunteer effort, has helped us to produce a PDF version of Valentin Turchin's 1977 book
"The Phenomenon of Science", a general introduction to the PCP philosophy.

This makes it easy to print out the book as a whole,
instead of having to read it chapter by chapter on the web.

The PDF file is available at http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/POS/TurPOS.pdf

The PCP editorial board has decided to introduce the new term of "evolutionary cybernetics", as a general description of PCP's scientific approach.

Evolutionary cybernetics is a synthesis of the
theories of self-organization and evolution, on the one hand, and cybernetics and systems theory, on the other hand.

Its aim is to understand how organization and goal-directedness can emerge and evolve, in nature, mind, society and technology.

MSTT, the theory of MetaSystem Transitions, is an essential part of evolutionary cybernetics.

We have started to work on a paper that will describe
the concepts and principles of evolutionary Cybernetics in more detail.

A page on it will soon be available on PCP web.

Because of a number of practical constraints, we are still not sure whether PCP will be able to organize a discussion session at the
World Congress on Systems Science in Toronto in July
(http://WWW.ISSS.org/2000meet/2000toc.htm).

If we organize such a session, its aim will be to introduce evolutionary cybernetics to a broad audience of systems researchers.

A new draft paper by Francis Heylighen, "The Global Superorganism: an evolutionary-cybernetic model of the emerging network society", is now available at

http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Papers/Superorganism.pdf .

This is an extensive review paper about the notion of a global organism/global brain, including a number of present and future developments in society and economy.

All comments or criticisms are welcome!

WHAT'S NEW IN PCP WEB

The following nodes in Principia Cybernetica Web have undergone substantive editing, or have been newly added during the last two months.

All documents are available via http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/RECENT.html

* Feb 21, 2000: "The Phenomenon of Science", a book on MSTT (now available as PDF file!)
* Feb 18, 2000: The Free University of Brussels (updated)
* Feb 9, 2000: Making Annotations to Principia Cybernetica Web(updated)
* Feb 7, 2000: Mailing Lists and Newsgroups on Cybernetics and Systems (Dialognet updated)
* Feb 3, 2000: Belgium: Overview (updated)
* Feb 3, 2000: Links on Cybernetics and Systems (links added)
* Jan 26, 2000: Welcome to the Principia Cybernetica Web (updated)
* Jan 20, 2000: Study programs in cybernetics, systems and complexity (new!)
* Jan 20, 2000: User annotations 1997-1998 (new!)
* Jan 20, 2000: User annotations 1994-1996 (new!)
* Jan 19, 2000: Cybernetics and Systems Societies (SCSR added)
* Jan 14, 2000: Referencing pages in Principia Cybernetica Web (updated)
* Jan 14, 2000: Principia Cybernetica Copyright Statement (updated)
* Jan 12, 2000: Cybernetics and Systems Journals (E. J. Econ. Soc. Systems added)
* Jan 4, 2000: Links on Complexity, Self-organization and Artificial Life (links added)
* Jan 4, 2000: Cybernetics and Systems Societies (Andean Systems intitute added)

TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN OF PRNCYB-L

PRNCYB-L, the discussion list of the Principia Cybernetica Project
(http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MAIL.html),

has not been active for several months. This mailing list was running on the computer system of SUNY
Binghamton, where our list administrator, Cliff Joslyn, worked several years ago when PCP was started.

When Cliff moved from Binghamton, first to NASA, then to Los Alamos, it seemed that he would be able to continue managing the list at its original location,
so as to avoid disruption of our mailing system and list of subscribers.

However, because of Cliff's increasingly distant relationship with the Binghamton system, the list had intermittent interruptions and new subscribers were added with often long delays.

We have now found out that the SUNY Binghamton computer system has completely stopped supporting LISTSERV mailing lists, and that PRNCYB-L has therefore been shut down definitively, without us even receiving a warning.

We will try to set up a new PRNCYB-L mailing list as soon as possible on a different computer system (probably the one of Los Alamos National Laboratory).

If you would like to subscribe to the new PRNCYB-L, please send in your subscription form

(http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/PRNCSUB.html )

to the list administrator, Cliff Joslyn .

If you were subscribed to PRNCYB-L before, but did not get any message recently announcing the temporary shutdown of the list, then it may be that
the subscription address we had for you was out of date.
In that case, please send your new address to Cliff.

USER ANNOTATIONS

User comments to PCP web continue to pour in at a high rate, though not all of them are that interesting ... Here is the list for the last two months.

All annotations are available via http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/USANNOT.html

* Concepts of philosophy can be humorous too ! , Comment by RanganRajagopalan
* No, no, no! You've got it all garbled. , Correction (to METAPHYS) by Aaron Agassi
* REPLY: We're not telepathic, Comment by Theresa Jean Klein (tjk2@ix.netcom.com)
* "Imagination is more important then knowledge." Einstein, Comment (to KNOW) by Dominicus
* God does NOT excist, Comment (to GOD) by Dominicus
* Email Memetics, Comment (to EPISTEMI) by Theresa Klein
* if thought controls memetic evolution..., Comment (to SOCEVOL) by Namik Celik
* There is NO meaning, Comment (to MEANLIFE) by Dominicus
* Who is interested in applying cybernetics to "Social Integration"?, Comment (to SOCINT) by Shann Turnbull
* controling association is NOT thinking, Comment (to THINKING) by Dominicus
* God does not excist!, Comment (to ETERQUES) by Dominicus
* It's all an illusion, Comment (to ETERQUES) by Dominicus
* SNCA to increase variety, Confirmation (to PROBSOLV) by RamnathSubbaraman
* Capitol College, Comment (to CSSTUDY) by Keith Gillette
* darwinism?, Comment (to EVOLUT) by paul jr. wolff
* The ultimate rest, Comment (to INFINITY) by Firstname
LastnamDominicus
* REPLY: time does NOT excist, Confirmation by Dominicus
* REPLY: intensity of intuition and absorbsion of the configuration,
Comment by Dominicus (symbiosis@wanadoo.nl)
* False Attribution of Meme Definition, Comment (to MEMLEX) by Aaron Lynch
* Self-deception, Comment (to TRUTH) by SKM
* Running roughshod, modernity trounces on..., Comment (to ETERQUES) by L. D. Kingsley
* denial of truth, Comment (to TRUTH) by Julia Young
* General critique on philosophy, Comment (to ETERQUES) by David Howe
* Uploading: the logical conclusion, Comment (to CYBIMM) by Matt Apple
* Nervous system added to the earth, Comment (to COGNEVOL) by Donald P.Martin
* The denial of absolute truths is self-refuting., Comment (to ETERQUES) by Paul Sullins
* I beleive that. . ., Comment (to MEANLIFE) by Conal O'Keefe
* Nice Page, Comment (to INFINITY) by Jesse Sealand
* REPLY: , Comment by Charles Darwin
* about Deleuze,, Comment (to PHILINRE) by koen dupon
* Priests law of celibacy, Comment (to MEMGEN) by renee Feulner
* Congratulations, Comment (to DEFAULT) by Irene Paritsis
* College of Notre Dame, Comment (to CSSTUDY) by Karen Takle Quinn
* An Alternative to Modern Physics, Comment (to THESIS) by David Bell
* BIG BROTHER TRANSMUTATION , Comment (to VISIFUT) by Regis Alain Barbier
* The "New Age" memetic process, Comment (to VISIFUT) by Regis Alain Barbier
* Structurity: Pan-evolution Theory of Biosystem, Comment (to EVOMEMLI) by Bangzhe J. Zeng
* An Alternative View, Comment (to ETERQUES) by Matthew Shapiro
* Absolute Truth, Correction (to Truth) by Ramnath Subbaraman
* Pessimistic view of mimetics, Comment (to MEMLEX) by Kevin LaPierre
* REPLY: Concept of God, Comment by Bharathi Shanker
(dasbharathi@yahoo.com)

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: A quand l'équivalent sur Voyer ou sur néoTéléologie? : VARIOUS NEWS : In the last few months, several new candidates have applied to make a PhD with PCP (mostly at the PCP office in Brussels, at the Center Leo Apostel, although the Los Alamos office may also be involved). Tina Chatzara, a media theorist from Greece, has already started doing research on the principles that underly the design of effective complex information systems. : We are still discussing practical arrangements with a number of other candidates from the USA and Eastern Europe. : Although the sudden popularity of PCP as a center for doing graduate studies pleases us, we must note that our resources are limited, both in time for supervising work, and in funding (no scholarships are : available at the moment). : Therefore, candidates must understand that they will have to arrange most practical support themselves, although we will of course help them with general guidance. : Because of general demand, we have also created a web page listing study programs in cybernetics, systems and complexity around the world : (http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/CSSTUDY.html). : Since this list is far from complete, we would ask you to send us the URLs of any additional programs you may be aware of. : Allison DiazForte, a librarian from Australia, through volunteer effort, has helped us to produce a PDF version of Valentin Turchin's 1977 book : "The Phenomenon of Science", a general introduction to the PCP philosophy. : This makes it easy to print out the book as a whole, : instead of having to read it chapter by chapter on the web. : The PDF file is available at http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/POS/TurPOS.pdf : The PCP editorial board has decided to introduce the new term of "evolutionary cybernetics", as a general description of PCP's scientific approach. : Evolutionary cybernetics is a synthesis of the : theories of self-organization and evolution, on the one hand, and cybernetics and systems theory, on the other hand. : Its aim is to understand how organization and goal-directedness can emerge and evolve, in nature, mind, society and technology. : MSTT, the theory of MetaSystem Transitions, is an essential part of evolutionary cybernetics. : We have started to work on a paper that will describe : the concepts and principles of evolutionary Cybernetics in more detail. : A page on it will soon be available on PCP web. : Because of a number of practical constraints, we are still not sure whether PCP will be able to organize a discussion session at the : World Congress on Systems Science in Toronto in July : (http://WWW.ISSS.org/2000meet/2000toc.htm). : If we organize such a session, its aim will be to introduce evolutionary cybernetics to a broad audience of systems researchers. : A new draft paper by Francis Heylighen, "The Global Superorganism: an evolutionary-cybernetic model of the emerging network society", is now available at : http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Papers/Superorganism.pdf . : This is an extensive review paper about the notion of a global organism/global brain, including a number of present and future developments in society and economy. : All comments or criticisms are welcome! : WHAT'S NEW IN PCP WEB : The following nodes in Principia Cybernetica Web have undergone substantive editing, or have been newly added during the last two months. : All documents are available via http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/RECENT.html : : * Feb 21, 2000: "The Phenomenon of Science", a book on MSTT (now available as PDF file!) : * Feb 18, 2000: The Free University of Brussels (updated) : * Feb 9, 2000: Making Annotations to Principia Cybernetica Web(updated) : * Feb 7, 2000: Mailing Lists and Newsgroups on Cybernetics and Systems (Dialognet updated) : * Feb 3, 2000: Belgium: Overview (updated) : * Feb 3, 2000: Links on Cybernetics and Systems (links added) : * Jan 26, 2000: Welcome to the Principia Cybernetica Web (updated) : * Jan 20, 2000: Study programs in cybernetics, systems and complexity (new!) : * Jan 20, 2000: User annotations 1997-1998 (new!) : * Jan 20, 2000: User annotations 1994-1996 (new!) : * Jan 19, 2000: Cybernetics and Systems Societies (SCSR added) : * Jan 14, 2000: Referencing pages in Principia Cybernetica Web (updated) : * Jan 14, 2000: Principia Cybernetica Copyright Statement (updated) : * Jan 12, 2000: Cybernetics and Systems Journals (E. J. Econ. Soc. Systems added) : * Jan 4, 2000: Links on Complexity, Self-organization and Artificial Life (links added) : * Jan 4, 2000: Cybernetics and Systems Societies (Andean Systems intitute added) : TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN OF PRNCYB-L : PRNCYB-L, the discussion list of the Principia Cybernetica Project : (http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MAIL.html), : has not been active for several months. This mailing list was running on the computer system of SUNY : Binghamton, where our list administrator, Cliff Joslyn, worked several years ago when PCP was started. : When Cliff moved from Binghamton, first to NASA, then to Los Alamos, it seemed that he would be able to continue managing the list at its original location, : so as to avoid disruption of our mailing system and list of subscribers. : However, because of Cliff's increasingly distant relationship with the Binghamton system, the list had intermittent interruptions and new subscribers were added with often long delays. : We have now found out that the SUNY Binghamton computer system has completely stopped supporting LISTSERV mailing lists, and that PRNCYB-L has therefore been shut down definitively, without us even receiving a warning. : We will try to set up a new PRNCYB-L mailing list as soon as possible on a different computer system (probably the one of Los Alamos National Laboratory). : If you would like to subscribe to the new PRNCYB-L, please send in your subscription form : (http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/PRNCSUB.html ) : to the list administrator, Cliff Joslyn <joslyn@lanl.gov>. : If you were subscribed to PRNCYB-L before, but did not get any message recently announcing the temporary shutdown of the list, then it may be that : the subscription address we had for you was out of date. : In that case, please send your new address to Cliff. : USER ANNOTATIONS : User comments to PCP web continue to pour in at a high rate, though not all of them are that interesting ... Here is the list for the last two months. : All annotations are available via http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/USANNOT.html : : * Concepts of philosophy can be humorous too ! , Comment by RanganRajagopalan : * No, no, no! You've got it all garbled. , Correction (to METAPHYS) by Aaron Agassi : * REPLY: We're not telepathic, Comment by Theresa Jean Klein (tjk2@ix.netcom.com) : * "Imagination is more important then knowledge." Einstein, Comment (to KNOW) by Dominicus : * God does NOT excist, Comment (to GOD) by Dominicus : * Email Memetics, Comment (to EPISTEMI) by Theresa Klein : * if thought controls memetic evolution..., Comment (to SOCEVOL) by Namik Celik : * There is NO meaning, Comment (to MEANLIFE) by Dominicus : * Who is interested in applying cybernetics to "Social Integration"?, Comment (to SOCINT) by Shann Turnbull : * controling association is NOT thinking, Comment (to THINKING) by Dominicus : * God does not excist!, Comment (to ETERQUES) by Dominicus : * It's all an illusion, Comment (to ETERQUES) by Dominicus : * SNCA to increase variety, Confirmation (to PROBSOLV) by RamnathSubbaraman : * Capitol College, Comment (to CSSTUDY) by Keith Gillette : * darwinism?, Comment (to EVOLUT) by paul jr. wolff : * The ultimate rest, Comment (to INFINITY) by Firstname : LastnamDominicus : * REPLY: time does NOT excist, Confirmation by Dominicus : * REPLY: intensity of intuition and absorbsion of the configuration, : Comment by Dominicus (symbiosis@wanadoo.nl) : * False Attribution of Meme Definition, Comment (to MEMLEX) by Aaron Lynch : * Self-deception, Comment (to TRUTH) by SKM : * Running roughshod, modernity trounces on..., Comment (to ETERQUES) by L. D. Kingsley : * denial of truth, Comment (to TRUTH) by Julia Young : * General critique on philosophy, Comment (to ETERQUES) by David Howe : * Uploading: the logical conclusion, Comment (to CYBIMM) by Matt Apple : * Nervous system added to the earth, Comment (to COGNEVOL) by Donald P.Martin : * The denial of absolute truths is self-refuting., Comment (to ETERQUES) by Paul Sullins : * I beleive that. . ., Comment (to MEANLIFE) by Conal O'Keefe : * Nice Page, Comment (to INFINITY) by Jesse Sealand : * REPLY: , Comment by Charles Darwin : * about Deleuze,, Comment (to PHILINRE) by koen dupon : * Priests law of celibacy, Comment (to MEMGEN) by renee Feulner : * Congratulations, Comment (to DEFAULT) by Irene Paritsis : * College of Notre Dame, Comment (to CSSTUDY) by Karen Takle Quinn : * An Alternative to Modern Physics, Comment (to THESIS) by David Bell : * BIG BROTHER TRANSMUTATION , Comment (to VISIFUT) by Regis Alain Barbier : * The "New Age" memetic process, Comment (to VISIFUT) by Regis Alain Barbier : * Structurity: Pan-evolution Theory of Biosystem, Comment (to EVOMEMLI) by Bangzhe J. Zeng : * An Alternative View, Comment (to ETERQUES) by Matthew Shapiro : * Absolute Truth, Correction (to Truth) by Ramnath Subbaraman : * Pessimistic view of mimetics, Comment (to MEMLEX) by Kevin LaPierre : * REPLY: Concept of God, Comment by Bharathi Shanker : (dasbharathi@yahoo.com) : UNSUBSCRIBING : If you wish to stop receiving messages from this mailing list, use the form at : http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/PCPNSUBS.html : or send the following one line : message to the address Majordomo@listserv.vub.ac.be : unsubscribe pcp-news : : _________________________________________________________________________ : Francis Heylighen <fheyligh@vub.ac.be> -- Center "Leo : Apostel" : Free University of Brussels, Krijgskundestr. 33, 1160 Brussels, : Belgium : tel +32-2-6442677; fax +32-2-6440744; : http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html : A quand l'équivalent sur Voyer ou sur néoTéléologie?

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