David Nyman wrote: > 1Z wrote: > > > > > Where are these machines? > > > > > > > > > Where the numbers are. > > > > Which is...? Presumably the answer is not > > "on blackboards" or "in the minds of mathematicians". > > > > Apparently its not a "magical realm" either. > > Peter, when you said that the physical might be 'relations all the way > down', and I asked you what would you find if you went 'all the way > down', you replied 'primary matter'. IOW, you posit primary matter as a > 'bare substrate' to which are attached whatever properties theory or > experiment may suggest. Consequently, isn't it the case that you are > defining this 'bare substrate' (which by posit has no properties of its > own) as whatever-it-is that is RITSIAR (i.e. you might say that it's > what exists)?
RITSIAR is supposed to be a free variable. Thus "RITSIAR = material existence" is a substantive, non-tautologous claim, as is "RITSIAR = Platonic existence" (Compare with "I" in "I am in Sussex" and "I am in Sierra Leone" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
