transcendental dialectical critical realism - and that's before they get really wordy - I'm taking the dog for a walk!
On Mar 22, 11:21 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I just meant our bodies are basically assimilators and we could, in > theory, start to genetically enhance to get other senses. There are > realist accounts of information Craig. I'll track one down and report > back - but I expect pedantry. > > On Mar 22, 11:43 am, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would say that our ability to make the instruments 'insists' rather > > than exists. Not sure what you mean about ant parts. > > > Craig > > > On Mar 22, 6:42 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We might include our ability to make the instruments and even the ant > > > part of our bodies Craig. > > > > On Mar 21, 5:42 pm, awori achoka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So, information is an end? Since we are also It? > > > > On Mar 21, 2012 8:33 PM, "Craig Weinberg" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Mar 21, 12:39 pm, awori achoka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > So, information is an end? Our understanding or not, of a ant's > > > > > > genome > > > > > has > > > > > > nothing to do with its existence, it exists anyway! > > > > > > What exists is bonded atoms. The idea that their arrangement is a > > > > > genome is predicated purely on the ribosome's ability to recognize or > > > > > at least reproduce that arrangement and our ability to recognize the > > > > > entire process as relevant to reproduction. Even the atoms themselves > > > > > may be only a text predicated on a common language of physical > > > > > substance which we can access through our body's access to laboratory > > > > > instruments. What happens in an ant exists, but any information about > > > > > it is a figment of interpretation. > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups > > > > > "Epistemology" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
