From: "William Chambers" <williamc@roman.net>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Measuring Memes
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:27:34 -0500
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Hello,
I have just joined the list, My name is Bill Chambers. I am a =
personality psychologist who has studied the measurement of personal =
constructs over the past 25 years. I have developed repertory grid =
measures of logical consistency, integrative complexity, looseness =
versus tightness, and formal causation. All of these methods are =
relevant to the evolution of constructs/ideas. A friend recently =
suggested that I have much in common with the folks working with memes =
and that my methods may be of use in the measurement of memes.
I do not know much about memes and would appreciate learning about them =
as quickly and efficiently as possible. I have a few questions:
1. Has the definition of memes got anything to do with the notion of =
entailment? Does a meme imply its subsets/subordinates? What is the =
definition of memes?
2. Has anyone discussed the difference between Aristotle's notions of =
formal versus efficient cause in the context of memes?
3. Are all memes self replicating?
4. Has the distinction between internal logical consistency and truth =
been discussed in the meme literature?
5. Is there interest in the development of quantitative measures of =
memes?
Thanks,
William (Bill) Chambers, PhD
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