ftp://ftp.eeng.dcu.ie/pub/alife/bmcm9401/README.TXT http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~alife/bmcm9401/README.TXT (Last updated: 25th November 1997) This directory contains the full proceedings of the workshop "Autopoiesis and Perception", held in Dublin City University, August 25th & 26th 1992. A full description of the files available, including sizes, is given below. See also which provides abstracts or introductions extracted from each of the papers, and which provides a detailed contents listing for the proceedings. provides BiBTeX formatted references for all resources cited *by* any of the papers in the proceedings; provides BiBTeX formatted references for the proceedings volume itself, and separately for each of its included papers. The files making up the proceedings volume are provided in both compressed postscript (.ps.Z) and Portable Document Format (.pdf). Both formats contact embedded, postscript Type 1, scalable fonts. These *should* render satisfactorily on a wide variety of display and print devices. PDF files may be read and printed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free from Adobe: http://www.adobe.com Please read for information on copyright in these materials. If you experience any problems with the files in this archive, please contact me by e-mail, giving as detailed a description as possible. B.McMullin, 22nd August 1994. ------------------------ 1245 COPYING.TXT Copyright information - please read! 17201 abstrcts.txt Abstracts or introductions to each of the papers. 3629 apw94.bib BiBTeX formatted references for the proceedings volume and each of its included papers. 66865 apw_tr.bib BiBTeX formatted references for each resource citde *by* one or more papers in the proceedings. 43059 bib.ps.Z Consolidated reference list for the bib.pdf proceedings (postscript version of in effect). 12527 contents.txt Text version of the table of contents. 44287 doherty.ps.Z Essay 9: "Reconstructing AI", doherty.pdf Conor Doherty. (8 pages) 38619 frnt.ps.Z Front matter: cover page, frnt.pdf table of contents, etc. 112415 furlong.ps.Z Essay 7: "Reality Paradigms, furlong.pdf Perception, and Natural Science The Relevance of Autopoiesis" Dermot Furlong and David Vernon. (26 pages) 119755 mcmullin.ps.Z Essay 6: Artificial Darwinism: mcmullin.pdf The Very Idea! Barry McMullin. (24 pages) 39890 moreno.ps.Z Essay 5: Perception, Adaptation moreno.pdf and Learning Alvaro Moreno, Juan Julian Merelo and Arantza Etxeberria. (6 pages) 66509 murphy.ps.Z Essay 2: The Causal and Symbolic murphy.pdf Explanatory Duality as a Framework for Understanding Vision Noel Murphy. (11 pages) 20763 preface.ps.Z Preface. preface.pdf Barry McMullin and Noel Murphy. (3 pages) 89875 riegler.ps.Z Essay 8: Constructivist Artificial riegler.pdf Life, and Beyond Alexander Riegler. (16 pages) 59671 varela.ps.Z Essay 1: Autopoiesis and a Biology varela.pdf of Intentionality Francisco J. Varela. (11 pages) 79957 vern1.ps.Z Essay 3: Relativistic Ontologies, vern1.pdf Self-Organization, Autopoiesis, and Artificial Life Part I---The Philosophical Foundations David Vernon and Dermot Furlong. (15 pages) 142827 vern2.ps.Z Essay 4: Relativistic Ontologies, vern2.pdf Self-Organization, Autopoiesis, and Artificial Life Part II---A Scientific Development David Vernon and Dermot Furlong. (24 pages) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | Barry McMullin, Autonomous Systems Group, | McMullin@EENG.DCU.IE | | School of Electronic Engineering, | Voice: +353-1-704-5432 | | Dublin City University, Dublin 9, IRELAND. | FAX: +353-1-704-5508 | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++