rapaport@sunybcs.UUCP (William J. Rapaport) (01/24/84)
I am an Associate Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Fredonia, currently working on an MS in Comp. Sci. at SUNY Buffalo. I have taught Phil. of AI, and Cognitive Science at both institutions. I'd be happy to discuss philosophy and AI/Comp. Sci., trade syllabi, etc. But mysticism (see previous net.philosophy messages) is NOT philosophy as I do it; in fact, mysticism should probably be left to a net.mysticism. Comments? Newsgroups: net.philosophy
colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (George Sicherman) (01/26/84)
Exclude mysticism from philosophy? No, mysticism has serious implications for media study as it bears on philosophy - in particular for oral-cultural world models (such as the "Global Village") as contrasted with written- and especially print-cultural world models (such as the "Gutenberg Galaxy"). No philosophy is complete without considering it. Interestingly, it appears that science and mysticism, those old enemies, have gone so far in their own directions that they are meeting again at the other side of the universe. Observe, for instance, the rising popularity of Zen among logicians and cyberneticians. Perhaps the limits of the scientific method have already been reached? Col. George Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!colonel