Roger, Mind and matter can interact if they both contain BECs. Richard
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote: > Computationalism and downward causation -- Leibniz's new paradigm for > science > > The new, strictly logical, Leibnizian view of the universe is > that the new paradigm- computationalism-- is thoroughly > logically based, while conventional science is based on appearances, > not that the appearances are wrong. > > In a previous email I explained how all of today's science is based > on the logical error that mind and matter can directly > interact, which is false, because they are two different > substances, completely foreign to one another. > > The more strictly logical view, as Leibniz showed, is that > the interaction only appears to happen. > But the strictly logical Leibnizian view is that upward > causation is only an appearance. All true causation is > actually downward (Platonic). > > This new understanding not only allows today's scientific > results to be apparently true, but opens the door to > previously unexplainable phenomena such as gravity. > > Another way to say this is that, although they may > appear to be a posteriori (in the world), all causes > are actually theoretical (a priori). Numbers being > a priori (given), this gives a completely new > solidity to computationalism. > > > > Roger Clough > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
