> On 15 Aug 2018, at 21:29, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 8/15/2018 2:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> On 14 Aug 2018, at 20:09, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8/14/2018 2:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>>> kicking back of the fact that we have to take account the wave structure >>>> integrally. >>> If you read words metaphorically then you can make them mean anything. >> >> The whole point is that the quantum wave is not a metaphor. That is what the >> two slit experience, done with one particle at a time, illustrates. >> Moving to instrumentalism is an option in applied physics. It is non >> sensical in metaphysics. > > On the contrary, it is a metaphysic.
As a metaphysics it is self-defeating as it leads to solipsism. Metaphysical instrumentalism denies any non-observable reality, not even the dark side of the moon. Bruno > > Brent > > -- > 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.
