John Collier -- Philosophy, Information Theory, Complexity



John Collier, Research Associate, Department of Philosophy Please note, this is an old page. My new page can be found at: http://www.nu.ac.za/undphil/collier/
Photo by Olivia Gasmen		Research interests Theory Change, Reference and Meaning Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Ethics and Epistemology Foundations of Statistical Mechanics Foundations of Information theory Metaphysics and Epistemology of Complex Systems Causal processes, Dynamical Systems theory Some of my papers in Acrobat PDF format
Curriculum Vita Publications Academic Biography Current Research Teaching Department of Philosophy Semiotics, Evolution, Energy Institute Semiotics, Evolution, Energy, Development Journal Newcastle Complex Systems ResearchGroup Organisation, Complexity, Autonomy List Archives Get Acrobat reader Here: Search Newcastle Site		Philosophy and mind Supervenience and Reduction in Biological Hierarchies (1988) Intrinsic Information (1990) Evolutionary Naturalism and the Objectivity of Morality (1993) Emergence of the Internal Perspective in Western Science (1996) On the Necessity of Natural Kinds (1996) The Dynamical Basis of Emergence in Natural Hierarchies (1998) with Scott Muller Autonomy in Anticipatory Systems: Significance for Functionality, Intentionality and Meaning (1999) Causation is the Transfer of Information (1999) The Dynamical Basis of Information and the Origins of Semiosis (1999) Autonomy and Process Closure as the Basis for Functionality (2000) Information Theory as a General Language for Functional Systems (2000) Dealing with the Unexpected (CASYS 2000) The Prospects for Reconciling Sellars’ Images: Forty Years Later (draft book chapter) Functionality and Autonomy in Open Dynamical Systems (Cog Science talk, October 2001) Biology and Physics Entropy in Evolution (1986) Two Faces of Maxwell's Demon Reveal the Nature of Irreversibility (1990) Holism in the New Physics (1993) Information Originates in Symmetry Breaking (1996) Information Increase in Biological Systems: How does Adaptation Fit? (1998) Complexly Organised Dynamical Systems with C.A. Hooker (1999) Order From Rhythmic Entrainment and the Origin of Levels Through Dissipation (forthcoming) with Mark Burch Notes for a talk: Information connects logic and causation. (May 2000) Symmetry, Levels and Entrainment (ISSS 2000) with Mark Burch Bénard Cells: A Model Disspative System (ECHO IV 2000) with Mishtu Banerjee Organized Complexity: Properties, Models and the Limits of Understanding (draft article) Information Theory (draft article)
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