On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:39:34AM +0000, Michael Rosefield wrote: > This distinction between physicalism and materialism, with materialism > allowing for features to emerge, it sounds to me like a join-the-dots puzzle > - the physical substrate provides the dots, but the supervening system also > contains lines - abstract structures implied by but not contained within the > system implementing it. But does that not mean that this also implies > further possible layers to the underlying reality? That no matter how many > turtles you go down, there's always more turtles to come? >
I don't think it implies it, but it is certainly possible. Emergence is possible with just two incommensurate levels. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
