----- Original Message ----- From: "1Z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Everything List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:41 AM Subject: Re: computationalism and supervenience
Peter: "... A counterfactual is a COUNTERfactual - -it is something that could have happenned but didn't. There is no reason why we should be conscious of in things we coudl have done but didn't. ..." JM: It could not have happened in another way if it did happen THIS way.. WE may think - in our limited circle of knowledge - that something else was also viable, but in the deterministic world of a total (unlimited, not model-enclosed) interconnectedness - whatever happened, was "the" possible way of events. I am not talking about HP universes or thought experiments. The same argument holds against "bifurcation" when the scientist has a (limited?) fantasy and can 'think' of another (ONE?) option for the real happening and builds a theory on it. Because of such argumentation some researchers started to talk about not 'bi'-, but "multifurcation" which was not so bad, but not better indeed. Any better definition for counterfactuals? John M --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
