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BI 150 Dan Nicholson: Machines, Organisms, Processes

Brain Inspired

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Is There a Need for Metaphors?

I'm not naive enough to think that we can get away without using any metaphors, okay? Even though I'm very critical of the machine metaphor, I recognize that metaphors are indispensable. And you want to replace it with a more processual metaphor. We'll talk about process philosophy in a moment. The organism as a stream, first of all, is that right? Is that...

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