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ESSAYS and SKETCHES

Contents listed here are unreviewed and unpublished essays,  working papers and presentations that should not be cited in academic contexts without my express permission (the same material may have been formally published or be in press). As indicated, most have been posted to Web forums but have been cosmetically edited prior to posting them here. I'm happy for people to link to the papers if you think I have written something interesting, and I am willing to share the ideas as long as reference is made to my work in progress. Please consult with me regarding any specific reference you wish to make to any of these documents.

Although the works have been posted to forums as diverse as religion, organizational knowledge management, philosophy, technical writing, artificial intelligence, the emergence of life and organizational autopoiesis, the common thread underlying all of them is the theory and evolution of individual and organizational knowledge. 

1. Hall, W.P. 2005. Why Intelligent Design Isn't Very Intelligent. Contribution to discussion on Theories of Evolution: Intelligent Design versus Natural Selection, Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church 23 November 2005
   
   
2. Hall, W.P. 2005. Questions about cell biology / organization environment boundaries - Three worlds and the epistemic cut. [Formatted and edited version of a sketch originally posted to Autopoiesis-Dialognet Sunday 17 April 2005] - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autopoiesis-dialognet/message/1326.
   
   
3. Hall, W.P. 2004. A Biological Theory of Knowledge: Foundation Literature and a Sketch. [Formatted and lightly edited version of a sketch orignially posted to the ai-philosophy forum on 18 October 2004, includes graphics] - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/339
   
   
4. Hall, W.P. 2004. Incommensurable paradigms in KM and KM holy wars.  [Formatted and lightly edited version of a note originally posted to the kmci-virtual chapter on 14 July 2004] - http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kmci-Virtual-Chapter/message/5227
   
   
5. Hall, W.P. 2004. - Groupthink, the CIA, and KM: to solve the problem we need to know what it is [Formatted and lightly edited version of a sketch originally posted to the kmci-virtual chapter on 13 July 2004, includes reference details and graphics] - http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kmci-Virtual-Chapter/message/5223; and a response posted on 14 July 2004 - http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kmci-Virtual-Chapter/message/5225
   
   
6. Hall, W.P. 2004. - Third Order (Social) Autopoiesis (Take 2) [Re-titled, formatted and lightly edited version of a sketch originally posted to Autopoiesis-Dialognet Saturday, 15 May 2004] - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autopoiesis-dialognet/message/651
   
   

7. Hall, W.P. 2003. Why the "argument from design" doesn't hold water [as posted to http://christianity.about.com/ 24 January 2003] - http://forums.about.com/ab-christianity/messages?msg=9881.141
   
   

8. Hall, W.P. 2003. On Books, Larvae, Marine Life and the Evolution of Diversity. [as posted to http://christianity.about.com/ 26 January 2003] - http://forums.about.com/ab-christianity/messages?msg=10917.2462
   
   
9. Hall, W.P. 2003. Intelligent Design vs Natural Selection as Rational Explanations to Account for the Present Diversity of Life: Overall Introduction. [as posted to http://christianity.about.com/ 1 February 2003] - http://forums.about.com/ab-christianity/messages?msg=10917.2506
   
   
10. Hall, W.P. 2003. Intelligent Design vs Natural Selection as Rational Explanations to Account for the Present Diversity of Life: Part 1. Philosophy of Science and What Makes Theories Scientific. [as posted to http://christianity.about.com/ 2 February 2003] - http://forums.about.com/ab-christianity/messages?msg=10917.2507
    
    
11. Hall, W.P. 2003. Intelligent Design vs Natural Selection as Rational Explanations to Account for the Present Diversity of Life: Part 2. Core Concepts in the Theory of Evolution Based on Variation and Natural Selection. [as posted to http://christianity.about.com/ 9 February 2003] - http://forums.about.com/ab-christianity/messages?msg=10917.2521
    
    
12. Hall, W.P. 2003. - Are Third Order (i.e. Social) Autopoietic Systems Necessarily Autocratic? [Re-titled, formatted and lightly edited version of sketches originally posted to Autopoiesis-Dialognet 7 and 8 November 2003] - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autopoiesis-dialognet/message/532 and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autopoiesis-dialognet/message/541
    
    

13. Hall, W.P. 2001. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Origin of Life. [lightly edited version of the original posted to http://christianity.about.com/ 30 September 2001] - http://forums.about.com/ab-christianity/messages?msg=8657.42
    
    

14. Hall, W.P. 2001. Time to Declare War on Fundamentalism. [lightly edited version of the original posted to http://christianity.about.com/ 28 September 2001] - http://forums.about.com/ab-christianity/messages?msg=8666.1