Hi Russell Standish Both Leibniz and quantum physics are acausal, meaning, at least in Leibniz's world, that things are what they are, they happen as they happen, whether this be deterministic or probabilistic, or even eschatollogically caused.
The only constraint Leibniz placed on such actions is that they be "harmonious", meaning to me, at least that whatever happens is harmonious with its environment. Otherwise, it could not happen. I don't know (nor do I suspect that Leibniz knew) how one could calculate such a universe in perfect harmony in advance, but there's no need for that. It is simply an assumption, and looking out on the universe, I see no disharmony-- it all works just fine. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 11/7/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Russell Standish Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-11-06, 15:34:30 Subject: Re: Re: Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 04:54:00AM -0500, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Russell Standish > > According to Leibniz's idealistic metaphysics, nothing is causal, > things just appear to happen by cause. Their motions instead > occur according to a pre-established (a priori) harmony. > > This is not compatible with quantum physics, so I don't think so. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales 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 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.
