Re: relationships among memetics, semiotics, and Kuhnian view of science?

From: William Benzon (bbenzon@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Mar 11 2002 - 13:42:03 GMT

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    on 3/11/02 8:20 AM, Jim Forbes-chatpress-cnc at jforbes@chatpress.com wrote:

    There are relatively obvious potential relationships among memetics,
    semiotics, and Thomas Kuhn's description of how scientific theories are
    created and sustained.
     
    Before putting a lot of energy into describing these relationships I was
    wondering if any of this has been a previous subject of discussion or if
    there are previous articles in the area. Like to avoid reinventing the
    wheel.
     
    Thanks,
     
    Jim Forbes

    I've said a bit about cultural evolution and the notion of a paradigm in:

    Benzon, W. L. (1996). "Culture as an Evolutionary Arena." Journal of Social
    and Evolutionary Systems 19(4): 321-362.

    Also some of the discussion in my book on music, Beethoven's Anvil, is
    relevant.

    BTW, there's a review of Beethoven's Anvil in Nature:

    David Juritz (2002), Notes on a Cultural Theme, Nature 416, p. 19, 07 March.

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