Human ecology
Translations between biology and sociology
Part I: Initial points of translation

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Formalism: a linking theme between mathematics, computation, and cultural theory

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• Links between formalism in mathematics and linguistics
  • Interest of Leibniz, Peano and Godel in language
  • Symbolic, syntactic codes

• Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716)
  Sources: John D. Barrow (1992), Umberto Eco (1993:1995)
  • The librarian's problem

• A history of mathematical formalism
  Sources: Douglas R. Hofstadter (1979), John. L. Casti (1991), John D. Barrow (1992)
  • Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716)
  • Georg Cantor (1845-1918)
  • Giuseppe Peano (1858-1932)
  • Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
  • Kurt Godel

• A history of computational formalism
  Sources: Douglas R. Hofstadter (1979), John. L. Casti (1991), Roger Penrose (1991) "The emperor's new mind"
  • Pascal
  • Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716)
  • Boole
  • Babbage - Difference Engine
  • Alan Turing

• A history of cultural formalism
  Sources: Hawkes (1977), Stuart Hall ed. (1997)
  • Saussure
  • Roman Jakobson
  • Levi-Strauss
  • Roland Barthes
  • Jacques Derrida
  • Baudrillard
  • Umberto Eco (source?)

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• Computing

• Translations between biology and sociology
  • Part I: initial points of translation.
    • Initial points of translation from biology
    • Formalism: a linking theme between mathematics, computation, and cultural theory
    • Initial points of translation from formalism
    • Conclusion: Possible grounds for translation
  • Part II: What questions does sociology ask
  • Part III: What are the roles of calcium in the genotype - phenotype argument?

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Created 5/7/99