LS Re: Four levels


Gene Kofman (gene.k@mailexcite.com)
Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:57:46 +0100


Magnus wrote:
> MoQ grant us the serenity to accept the things we can not define
> Courage to define the things we can
> And the wisdom to know the difference.

actually it’s very good. Let me throw in a quote from Bohr’s lecture into our labors
around biological level descriptions:
‘… just as the quantum of action appears in the account of atomic phenomena as an
element for which an explanation is neither possible nor required, the notion of
life is elementary in biological science …’

I think, we should have a separate postings on our FAQ about interdependency of levels.
That’s the most important theme, IMhO, which got illustrated by our ‘four levels’
discussions.

Gene.

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