On Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:04:14 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 5/13/2019 4:18 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > It is Bruce who accuses Platonism of being a failure, even though he > > is not able to name any point where physicalism succeeds and Platonism > > fails. It goes without saying that all of modern science is compatible > > with Platonism. > > Because Platonism is theology. It's all "explanation" and no > prediction...just like "everythingism". It has never succeeded anywhere > because it never puts itself to the test. It remains in a perfect > Platonic world in which ours is a corruption or a random incident. As > Sean Carroll puts it, "All human progress has been made by studying the > shadows on the cave wall." > > Brent > > The reason Sean Carroll states *that line* of course s that he* is a Platonist!*
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