Gregory Fowler

@cameronmore: I agree with what you say about the distinction between purpose and function and about the flexibility of an organization's purposes. So it might be on the right track....

@cameronmore: Oh, OK. Yeah, I definitely think that's on the right track, then. :)

@cameronmore: One option you didn't consider was 'one of whose primary purposes'. You're probably right that 'one of whose purposes' is too weak, but I'm not sure the same is...

@cameronmore: First, as far as 'one of whose primary purposes' goes, do you think 'main' or 'major' would work better in place of 'primary'? (I'd also like to push back,...

@cameronmore: Thanks for the paper! I'll give it a look. :) You might be being too generous when you say that I pointed out the flexibility of the definition. I...

@cameronmore: I finally got a chance to read the paper on blindness you linked to. Thanks again for referring me to it. I found it interesting and enjoyable, and something...

@cameronmore: Let me start by addressing the replies you give in your first comment to my three criticisms of the paper: - _First criticism_: I think we basically agree here:...

@cameronmore: Fair enough re: the paper on modeling blindness. While the line in question reads to me as a straightforward identification, you might be right that that wasn't the intent....

@cameronmore: This is an interesting proposal, and I agree with you that it's potentially promising. One question to consider might be: Should the disability be identified with the vulnerability itself--a...

Regarding @swartik's second point, I would think that a material artifact can operate on mere information in the same way as any other material entity--i.e., _by_ operating on physical objects....