From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
Newsgroups: talk.origins
Subject: Thompson's proof UPDATE
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 07:30:53 EST
Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
Organization: Kalki's Infoline BBS, Aiken, SC, USA


I thought I posted this, but in case I forgot.....

Good news, sob sisters! (Good news for some, anyway)

The introduction and part of the first section of Chapter 5 are typed up
and ready to post. Dr. Thompson is in Europe and will be back around the
30th of November. His assistants say that he will most likely give us
permission to reprint Chapter 5 of Mechanistic and Nonmechanistic
Science in its entirety. By that time the rest of the chapter should be
typed.

We will post the chapter in sections, about 10k at a time, so that you
prabhus have time to digest each part. Let's call it the "Anti-evolution
FAQ", shall we?

Someone asked that we at least post the Table of Contents in advance, so
here it is (for the entire book):

                Mechanistic and Nonmechanistic Science

                              CONTENTS

Introduction

                        PART I. CONSCIOUSNESS

Chapter 1. Searching Past the Mechanics of Perception

Chapter 2. Thinking Machines and Psychophysical Parallelism
        2.1 How a Computer Works
        2.2 Artificial Intelligence and Hierarchies of Function
        2.3 Subjective Consciousness in Machines and Humans
        2.4 Several Nonmechanistic Theories
        2.5 The Conscious Self as a Complete Sentient Personality

Chapter 3. Dialogue on Consciousness and the Quantum
        3.1 A Quantum Mechanical Problem
        3.2 What Quantum Mechanics is Really Saying
        3.3 Threading the Labyrinth of Quantum Epistemology
        3.4 A Discussion of Contrasting World Views

Chapter 4. Karl Popper on the Mind-Body Problem -- A Review

                       PART II. FORM

Chapter 5. Information Theory and the Self-organization of Matter
        5.1 The Theme of Simplicity in the Theories of Physics
        5.2 The Great Complexity of Biological Form
        5.3 Information-theoretic Limitations on the Evolution of
            Complex Form
        5.4 Complex Form and the Frustration of Empiricism

Chapter 6. Chance and the Unity of Nature
        6.1 Statistical Laws and Their Role in Modern Physics
        6.2 The Illusion of Absolute Chance
        6.3 Chance and Evolution
        6.4 The Paradox of Unity and Diversity

Chapter 7. On Inspiration
        7.1 The Mechanistic Explanation
        7.2 Some Striking Examples
        7.3 The Interaction between Consciousness and Matter

Chapter 8 The Doctrine of Evolution
        8.1 Evolution: An Invisible Process
        8.2 The Fossil Record and the Origin of Higher Plants
        8.3 The Enigma of Organic Structure
        8.4 The Resurrection of the Hopeful Monster
        8.5 Evolution and Negative Theology

                     PART III. CONCLUSION

Chapter 9. The Epistemology of Transcendental Consciousness
        9.1 The Process of bhakti-yoga
        9.2 Faith, Subjectivity, and Verifiability
        9.3 The Brain, the Mind, and the Conscious Self
        9.4 The Positive and Negative Injunctions of Bhakti
        9.5 The Process of Sravanam
        9.6 The Process of Kirtanam

Appendix 1. A Discussion of Information Theory
Appendix 2. Information Content of the Laws of Chemistry

Bibliography
Index

Sincerely,
Kalki Dasa



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