From: John Collier <[log in to unmask]> Subject: ISHBSSB, journal announcement Date: Wed, Apr 4, 2001, 10:15 PM ========================================================== The first issue of a new interdisciplinary journal, Semiotics, Evolution, Energy, Development is now on line. The URL is http://www.library.utoronto.ca/see/pages/SEED_Journal.html The journal is refereed and has an ISSN number. Instructions for contributors are on the web page. The Journal covers Physic, Energyand Symmetry, Biosemiotics, Cognition, Computers and Robotology, and Economic, Management and Social Development. Articles that emphasize processes that permit the formation of connections through non-linear processes are preferred, but arguments that such processes are not required are also welcome. From the journal blurb: The past 50 years have seen the introduction of information as a physical entity with a mathematical theory. In the last ten years, connections have been developed to energy, evolution and development, as well as to signs, representation, interpretation and the mind. Many of these developments are controversial, such as whether information is intrinsically related to meaning, whether there is a general semiotics that extends beyond human signs, and whether, indeed, there is anything well-defined outside of human theories. This journal deals with these and related issues. More information on topics and debates can be found elsewhere on this site, especially in the program and book from the 1997 SEE meeting Program and announcement of next meeting at http://www.library.utoronto.ca/see/pages/colloquia%20and%20conferences.html and on the main SEE page: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/see/. The contents of the first issue are: Volume 1, Number 1 Editorial John Collier The Internal and the External Semiosic Properties of Reality Edwina Taborsky Evolution in the Information Age: Rediscovering the Nature of the Organism Daniel R. Brooks Studies into abstract properties of individuals. V. An empirical study of emergence in ontogeny and phylogeny in Achnatherum nelsonii and A. lettermanii Jack Maze Kathleen A. Robson Satindranath Banerjee The editorial board includes Philosphers, Physical and Social Scientists and Mathematicians, though many of Philosophers would claim that the work of the journal is not Philosophy, while scientists claim the work is not science, but philosophy. Personally, I don't think we are filling a badly need gulf among disciplines. John Collier, Editor in Chief John Collier [log in to unmask] Department of Philosophy fax: +61 2 4921 6928 University of Newcastle, NSW 2308 AUSTRALIA http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/pl/Staff/JohnCollier/