Hi Alberto G. Corona The only way to know reality is subjectively, just as Descartes found. He threw everything out until all he could know for sure was that he could think.
Reality is what is happening now, which is what we can only know subjectively, from inside, by aquaintance. We cannot know "now " or reality descriptively from any theory, only by subjective acquaintance. Roger Clough, [email protected] 11/4/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Alberto G. Corona Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-11-03, 18:47:00 Subject: Re: Weyl on mathematics vs. reality : Is there something that I could know to be the case, and which is not expressed by a proposition that could be part of some scientific theory?" Yes . "I love my mother" is some knowledge that I know , and is not part of a scientific theory.? We know reality because we live in the reality, We do not?pproximate?eality by theories. We directly know reality because we live within it. ?ur ?rimary knowledge is intuitive, historic, direct.. It is _the_ reality. ? A theory is a second class of knowledge about a model that?pproximate?eality, maybe upto a?oint?f an isomorphism with some-part-of reality, but certainly, not an isomorphism that embraces the whole reality,?ecause?e could never know if we have modelized the entire reality, nether if this modelization is accurate. The legitimate usage of the models is ?o refine this intuitive knowledge. But at the worst, a model can ?egate our direct knowledge and try to create an alternative reality. In this case the theorist reclaim the model as the reality. Thus the theorist .reclaim a complete knowledge of reality. In this case the theorist is outside of science, even if it is ?ithin the science industry, and becomes a sort of gnostic preacher -- Alberto. -- 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. -- 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.
