Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information by William DembskiI pre-ordered William Dembski’s new book, Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information a few weeks back and it arrived today. I am really looking forward to reading it but I am still only part way into John R. Pierce’s Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise. Christian convinced me to read the Pierce book so I could have a better background to understand the Dembski book. I love the quote that came on the “Thank you for your pre-order!” card. Part of it says:

In Being as Communion, Dr. Dembski challenges the oft-made claim that mind is a myth and that everything about us–including our thoughts, our ethics, and our decisions–are ultimately the products of unguided material processes. Dembski provocatively argues that the opposite is true: In light of modern information theory, it is materialism, not mind that is “myth.”

With Christian taking his first graduate level class in Information Theory next semester, I had better pick up the pace or I will be left far behind.

Betty Blonde #198 – 04/20/2009
Betty Blonde #198
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