On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 12:31 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > β> β >> These diagrams might help give you a picture for what Bruno is talking >> about when he mentions Aristotelism. It relates to a question of >> reductionism and explaination. "Is physics the most fundamental science, or >> can it be explained and derived from something at a lower layer?" >> > >> [image: Inline image 1] > > βIs ??? really the floor or does ??? need an explanation too? > Valid questions. As you see the answer is not so clear cut, and it is an area of active debate among philosophers and scientists. > If not and there are only finitely many layers to your pyramid then I > think it more likely that physics =???, physics is the explanatory floor > and mathematics is just the best language minds can use to describe > physics. > > That's a possibility, but it is a belief you learn towards (at least partially) on faith. To assert a strong belief one way or another (non agnosticism) in the absence of strong evidence is notably a quasi-religious belief. (Yes I know, you haven't heard this once since you were 12, but like it or not it's true) Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
