Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: The Barber's Paradox Datum: maandag 23 juni 2014 8:35 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 511 Amsterdam, June 23rd, 2014 WHO SHAVES THE BARBER? - My Take on Don Salmon's “Shaving Science” Essay Sequel - ELLIOT BENJAMIN There is a well-known mathematical/logic paradox known as the Barber of Seville paradox. It goes like this: Suppose the town of Seville has just one barber, who is male, and every man keeps himself clean-shaven. Suppose also that the barber shaves all those and only those, men who do not shave themselves. Well that's it. This is a paradox—an impossible situation in logic, since you can't have it both ways. The barber must be clean-shaven since by assumption he is a male in the town of Seville. But there is no one to shave him since he is the only barber and the barber shaves “all those and only those, men who do not shave themselves.” And you may ask what does this little paradox have to do with Don Salmon's Shaving Science essays on Integral World? Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin67.html LEADING EDGE COGNITIVE CAPACITIES - TOM CHRISTENSEN My interest has been focused for some time now on distinguishing what new cognitive capacities may have emerged at this time, that might be ideal for solving the complex problems of our times; capacities that have not been recognized widely yet. Could we have emerged the capacities necessary to solve the problems we have created? There is precedent for this occurrence, giving hope of being successful this time also in finding just those capacities. It is up to those who put these capacities to work to confirm their usefulness. But at this stage I believe I, on the shoulders of many before me, have found some of those capacities and putting them to work intentionally will emerge solutions that are simply not available until we do. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/christensen1.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html