Re: When does an (M,R) system cease to be alive?

["Tim Gwinn" <***>]

Hi JohnM,

But do you agree that we can discriminate between organisms and
non-organisms, living and non-living? If so, doesn't it make sense that
there must be some kind of unique characteristics in the
processes/activities of organisms underlying those discriminations? These
are the characteristics worth seeking, I think.

Regards,
Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROSEN Forum [mailto:*** Behalf Of John M
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:09 AM
> To: ***
> Subject: Re: When does an (M,R) system cease to be alive?
>
>
> Tim,
> not that I want to solve the problem of "life", just a technicality:
> As far as I am concerned, the world )nature, wholeness,
> complexity, you name
> it) is a PROCESS. Not a static skeleton. Not a snapshot of a
> structure (call
> it organization or whatever). So live means an activity and this is why I
> consider it wider than just biological. I could not identify it -
> don't even
> want to, because I disagree with the biological framework of viewing
> things/processes.
> Regards
> John M