On 12/17/2018 6:09 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
That is not "why" I hold the physical world to be real. I take the
physical world to be real because that is the definition of reality.
Given by Aristotle in his theology/metaphysics. But that was exactly
what Plato was skeptical about.
To identify real with physical requires a special act of faith, and
can be shown inconsistent with Mechanism. So this cannot be used to
study and test Mechanism. It assumes implicitly that Mechanism is false.
Sometimes you remember that your theory includes matter and only shows
that matter can be derivative. Other times to you seem to think it makes
matter unreal.
Brent
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