From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Oct 06 2002 - 20:40:43 MDT
At 12:13 PM 10/6/02 -0700, Charles Hixson wrote:
>On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:48, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>I'm thrown by the word "holonic".
A holon is a bounded chunk with an identifiable systemic function. It is
usually made of smaller holons, and forms part of a larger holon: it is a
holistic atom. I attribute this very useful coinage to Arthur Koestler; it
is deployed vigorously in his great book THE ACT OF CREATION.
Damien Broderick
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