On 12 Feb 2014, at 18:34, meekerdb wrote:
On 2/12/2014 1:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 11 Feb 2014, at 18:20, meekerdb wrote:
On 2/11/2014 8:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 11 Feb 2014, at 04:15, meekerdb wrote:
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Brent
"That which can explain anything fails to explain at all."
With physicalism, QM explains everything. At some level at least.
First, that's not true. QM is apparently inconsistent with our
best theory of gravity.
Sure, but a bit aside the point.
Second, it has been very successful at explaining what is observed.
Everything that we observe. My point is that with the quoted
criteria, this should entail that it explains nothing.
That doesn't mean it can explain ghosts, leprechauns, gods and
other things *not* observed.
Why not "consciousness" and other things that we do not see, but at
least believe in?
There's a difference between being able to explain anything and
explaining everything.
That's my point.
Bruno
Then it's not well taken since I used the word "anything" originally
and your complaint implies I wrote "everything".
All right. I interpreted "anything" by "anything worth to be explained".
If not, for a logician, that which can explain anything becomes an
inconsistent theory, or the set of sentences true in a cul-de-sac world.
Bruno
Brent
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