Presuppositions versus Potentialities Quote from Aristotle and Science thread : "In paper, three scientists argue that including “potential” things on...
Touche! You've made it murkily clear that, for you, there is no "substantive basis" for any ideas that don't fit into your subjective view of objectiv...
Yes. Hoffman is saying something much more significant and revealing than "subjective is not objective". :smile: The Case Against Reality : A professo...
Quasi- and Contra- are in the eye of the beholder. maybe what you mean is contra-180proof. I would call Hoffman's analogy of concepts with computer ic...
If the questions are misdirected, it's only because the target is fuzzy, or moving around. For example, what do you mean by "idealist (anti-realist, s...
That's a neat black & white worldview : " Idealism versus Realism". But is your world really that simplistic, and devoid of ideas about things that co...
No. I actually agree with you, that the job of science is to test & "prove" hypothetical (philosophical) conjectures & factoids, in order to turn them...
Yes. But, there is a wide range of those uncertain "overlaps" between "known" or "proven" facts, and "received opinions" or "heresies". The Scientific...
Yes, but the problem with any true/false dichotomy is "who says", and "whose facts". The current issue of SKEPTIC magazine has a Conspiracy Theory art...
That's why most of the assertions on a philosophy forum should be taken with a grain of salt. Unlike physical scientists, philosophers -- and theoreti...
The current issue of SKEPTIC magazine has an article debunking the modern-day belief that Giordano Bruno was a martyr to Science, as opposed to myth-b...
:up: We don't know the utter end of this ever-changing cosm, progressing by degrees from single spark to fathomless abyss, with sentient eyes always l...
The "belief" that Self is more important than Other seems to be inherent in how sentient beings perceive (awareness) their environment. All of our sen...
Any Self has special status in its own eyes. The fat cat purring in your lap may be thinking that you exist only to serve her own needs & purposes. An...
A pragmatic accommodation to that inherent weakness of top-down planned economies may be why China has quickly converted from a purely Socialist econo...
Again, you seem to be talking nonsense : "disorder that organizes". That paradoxical notion goes right over my pointy little head. It sounds like the ...
I understand that you don't agree with my holistic & positive assessment of the direction of evolution. But how did you come-up with that Big Brother ...
My personal cosmology is just the opposite of maximizing Entropy. Instead, the universe seems to be gradually maximizing order and organization. But, ...
I just came across the term "phantom energy" which seems to be what you are talking about. If such inflationary energy actually existed, it would resu...
Don Hoffman was a close associate of Francis Crick, and they worked together for years. But Hoffman was a lot younger, and began to diverge from Crick...
FWIW, here's my blog review of Hoffman's book, and its thesis of Model Dependent Realism. Reality is not what you see : http://bothandblog6.enformatio...
It wasn't exactly a "claim", but just an observation. I don't know much about either theory. But after reading descriptions, the "principle" seemed to...
Again, I'm not qualified to comment on the mathematical or physical aspects of your proposed symmetrical relationship between Space & Time, or between...
Not necessarily new. I'm not a physicist, but I am interested in the symmetry between Energy & Entropy. Apparently, the universe began with all the en...
:up: As I see it, the Stoic ideal was a harmonious balance between the extremes of Spock Logic and Captain Kirk passion. It was the Cynics that tended...
I tend to equate the human science of Mathematics with knowledge of the Logical structure of the universe. In mathematical analysis, we are describing...
OK. You have made your semantic point. But my semantic point is that "Probability" is Virtual, not Actual ; Potential, not Real ; Future, not Here & N...
Those hypothetical dimensionless mathematical points do allow predictions that can be empirically tested. But the "objects" themselves are Theoretical...
Teleology is an inference from observation of tendencies in natural patterns. If you watch a landslide, the only "intention" (tendency) you will see i...
I respect Koch's authority in neuroscience, but I disagree with his philosophical interpretation of the universality of Consciousness**. That's becaus...
Exactly! According to Einstein, the potential energy of a rock (uranium for example) can be converted into actual energy by deconstructing (disintegra...
Yes. Virtual particles are theoretical objects that are used to make logical, not yet factual, predictions. Both the particles, and the prophesied fut...
I agree with last two assertions. But I think you are using the term "empirical" to mean "real", rather than "verifiable" or "testable". In definition...
Yes. Like Dark Matter, Virtual Particles are imaginary objects created from logical reasoning to explain otherwise puzzling empirical observations. An...
Yes. Your definition is broad enough to include almost anything that "processes" information, including a rock that absorbs radiant light energy, whic...
I think your "law of the universe" may be similar to my notion of EnFormAction. I didn't define it in terms of Self-Organization, but I suppose that's...
Mass is indeed a property of matter. But, in that stable form it is no longer the same as dynamic Energy. I like to think of Matter as a condensed for...
I am in general agreement with your assessment of Logic. But the quoted statement reminded me of the weird notion of Quantum Fields and Virtual Partic...
My understanding may be a little different, in that I would say that every thing and every process in the world is a form of Generic EnFormAction (the...
My philosophical understanding has been rapidly evolving since the core concept of the Enformationism Thesis occurred to me about 12 years ago. I cont...
OK. But it's the physics that's empirical, not the logical inferences. Logic is not a physical object, it's a mental process of making meaningful conn...
If you explained the meaning of "information integrates itself", I missed it. Would you run it by me again? Actually, I am both a Dualist and a Monist...
Yes. But I also use Realist arguments where appropriate. However, it's the Idealist notions that tend to inflame some posters on this forum. I coined ...
OK. What is mathematics made of? Is it a collection of discrete (quantum particles), or universal fluid substance of some kind? Or is mathematics a hu...
You're aware that the notion of a field is an imaginary mathematical construct, right? It's used like a matrix to organize abstractions into something...
That's my understanding, yes. They are figuratively waving, but in fact "blinking". That last part is my own interpretation. Does that notion make sen...
Yes. Logic and Physics are "correlated" in Carlo Rovelli's terms. But the relation is between physical instances and metaphysical generalities. If Log...
My point would be clearer to you, if you could see that Mind & Body appear different to the observer, even though they ultimately consist of the same ...
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