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On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:35 PM, John Mikes <[email protected]> wrote: > JKC: why do you think your ??? is T H E FLOOR? there may be innumerable > lower levels... we just don't have the brains to think further. > > "???" is not necessarily one thing, but a stand in for at least one explanatory layer that exists below physics. > Q: what is the T O P ? > There's not necessarily a singular top, many things might go above sociology such as game theory, political theory, economics, etc. I arranged the layers mainly in a manner to show the reductionist relationships between different fields, and how some fields can be entirely explained by more fundamental sciences. Jason > > John M > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 1:31 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? 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. >> >> John K Clark >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
