Le 27-août-06, à 21:41, Brent Meeker a écrit :
> I put "working assumption" in scare quotes because I think the fact > that we can > create models of the world that are successful over a wide domain of > phenomena is > evidence for an underlying reality. It's not conclusive evidence, but > reality is > more than just an assumption. I agree that "reality" is more than an assumption. I agree even that "physical reality" is more than an assumption. I have few doubt about the existence of a physical reality. Now to assume the existence of a "primary" physical reality, or to believe that physics is obviously or necessarily the fundamental science, well that is a big assumption, and I would say that such an assumption is even unclear in front of QM, and then useless in front of comp. I realize that even Aristotle, in his metaphysics, is much more prudent on this, than the standard Christian (especially catholic) interpretation of Aristotle. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
