Le 01-juil.-06, à 19:54, Brent Meeker a écrit :
> > Sure it is. Just because something cannot be directly experienced > doesn't rule it out of a > scienctific model: quarks can't be observed, but their effects can. OK, but we were discussing about theories. general relativity, as a theory does not assume the existence of readers of "relativity journal". The quantum theory *with collapse* is already less clear on that ... > So I believe in other people's > first person experience because that is a good way to predict their > behavoir. Except the same theory would predict the behavior of zombie. We are arguing on a fundamental level. All what I argue for is that once you *assume* comp, then there is no aristotelian primary matter, and eventually physics is branch of number's bio/psych/theo/logy. > I consult a model in > which I use my first person experience to perdict how they will behave > - this is called emphathizing > - and I find it works pretty well. You are lucky but then I don't know any other ways. But again, in those threads we are not just interested in prediction (even if they are the ultimate test) but in understanding. Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" 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/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
