If there is no transcendence of and/or redemption from transitoriness, suffering and death, however, I don't see how and why we should 'affirm' life a...
I see what you mean. But suppose that a theory tells you that if the conditions are perfect you get 10 and if they aren't you get 9. You never get per...
I prefer thinking about these things in a virtue ethics framework, but I think we aren't say different things here. I would say that 'clear conscience...
Yet, QM taken literally tells us that we should perceive an interference of mutually exclusive states. For instance both states of the cat in Schroedi...
I have no idea. That's might be taken as a suggestion that there is no interference in the world we experience. Hence, decoherence is not enough. In f...
Yes that what MWI supporters point out. If interference is very, very small it is reasonable to say that it is negligible after all. You don't need a ...
I would be careful here. Yes, it seems that there are no perfectly isolated systems, except perhaps the whole universe, but our experiments tell us th...
Note that physical laws seem to be passive constraints, however. They are holistic in a sense but not like the 'holism' you see in living beings, wher...
Ok. I admit that I am also not that familiar with that interpretation. Also it doesn't make completely sense to me. I mean: I have one body in a super...
Human beings are also essentially relational. I don't think that a human being is conceivable in total isolation (at least in potency). So, I would sa...
Interestingly, there is the 'many-mind' interpretation (MMI). In this view, the physical universe evolves in the same way as is described by MWI. In M...
Yes. But in open systems neither principle is applicable. There are situations, however, where the model of a closed system is a very good approximati...
Well, unless you can show me a mathematical model that can predict (deterministically or not) choices, I don't think you have shown that everything ca...
Honestly, I do not find that convincing at all. If our actions are truly deterministic and we could not have acted otherwise, the only way I can think...
With all due respect you made some controversial claims here: The second principle of thermodynamics tells us that entropy increases in a closed syste...
Yes. In other words the problem for the physicalist is: can we explain the 'strong emergence' of life and mind in purely physical terms given that red...
Yes, that's a possible solution. But still, it seems to me that compatibilists simply do not address the problem. If we cannot act differently, how ca...
@"noAxioms", if you are interested in this 'variant' of dBB, there is this lecture by Valentini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYZV9crCZM8 that I wa...
Agreed. Unfortunately, however this is also because there is a tendency to use the same words with different meanings. But this isn't a problem only f...
Well, Bell proved mathematically that no 'local realistic' theory can make the same predictions of QM (outside some problematic loopholes like superde...
What? Interesting, wow. Anyway, I don't think that at that time people thought that it wasn't deterministic. Even chaotic systems are deterministic de...
Ok, but I think that 'truth' is not contradictory. Philosophers seek truth and I would assume that there is a way to reconcile these things. If determ...
Also, perhaps different model of justice are adequate in different cases. So, in certain cases, using a 'restorative' process is the best choice but i...
Well, I think that 'emergence' in fact doesn't have 'theological' or even 'teleological' connotations for most people. One example I made is how 'pres...
Honestly, I don't know how much this changes things. I already said in my post that 'punishment' is one goal of justice and not the only goal. In Chri...
Yes. Because if intelligibility is due to the 'representation' of the cognitive faculties of the mind, then anything intelligible can be a 'mind-indep...
Yes, right, perhaps in order to answer that one might have an understanding of what a given model of the incarnation entails. I prefer that Christians...
Sorry I missed your post. Anyway, assuming that what you are saying here is right, we should ask ourselves to explain how it can be right. Life has go...
I slighty edited my comment. Anyway, one might say that he experienced the suffering of sacrifice as a human can. Did Jesus have certainty that he was...
Well, one can point out that Jesus felt the experience of abandonment ( "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", Mk 15:34) at the cross and at he ...
The message, I believe, is quite powerful and immensely influential. Consider how influential it is in our concept of 'heroism', i.e. self-sacrifice t...
Well, I was familar with the concept but admittedly I never tried to apply it to understand how to solve the interaction problem. I'll try to reflect ...
Well, good point. And, in fact, if they were 'active', then, it would be like saying that there is a 'World Soul' or that the universe is a living bei...
His point seems to me that there are limits to our 'imagination' and our conceptual models. Our minds is not a passive 'recorder' of 'what is outside ...
Well, the Catholics have a document where you find the current 'offical' teachings, that is the Catechism. Now, of course, I don't believe that all Ca...
I also plan to read this, which I only skimmed: "Feminine-Maternal Images of the Spirit in Early Syriac Tradition" (the link directly goes to a pdf). ...
One aim is certainly punishment. In fact, it seems to me essential to any concept of justice that it aims at reward the just, protect the oppressed et...
Ok, thanks for the clarification. I disagree, but I think I understand your view better now. OK. But that future state would be a type of 'life', righ...
No worries. As I said, it didn't help that I used terms like observer and perspective in a rather liberal way. Regarding this point you are making now...
If I were to make a physicalist model of the emergence of life, I would think as a sort of 'phase transition', where we have the formation of 'systems...
Yes! Ok, I see, thanks. When I remarked about the 'refinements' I meant that IMO the arising of life is still partly unexplained. So, I sort of agree ...
Ok, I think you would find his thoughts germane. I have a very clear experience of having goals, purposes, and intentions. Perhaps, I am deceving myse...
In one model of damnation, hell is not a consequence of God's wrath. God loves all but can't force people to accept that love. Hell is seen as the nat...
:up: Also, note that I am also conscious that sometimes I use terms in an idiosyncratic way. I try to avoid that as much as possible, but our discussi...
Not sure why you said that, after, for instance, the discussion we had about intelligibility and the 'perspectives'. Well, it is a rather difficult po...
Right! Interesting, thanks. It seems more or less what Bohm said even if, I believe, the starting point was the opposite (however, I don't believe tha...
... And I don't beleive that questioning those things you mentioned is enough to abandon the concept of the 'universe' as a totality. Dark matter and ...
Fair enough. Nevertheless, it has been an interesting discussion for me. Yes! I think that reductionist versions of physicalism have serious problems....
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