On Friday, July 19, 2019 at 3:48:16 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/19/2019 12:33 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > "I’m happy to be described as a monist. There aren’t multiple different > kinds of things; *there is only the wave function of the universe*. As an > emergent approximation it’s useful to characterize the wave function as > describing *multiple worlds*." > > So for Sean Carroll, reality is a mathematical entity: a wave function. > At least Thales believed in stuff (matter). > > > "Stuff" is sufficiently vague that the wave-function could qualify as > "stuff". The contentious question seems to be where conscious thoughts > fall in the ontology. Are they processes realized by stuff (Vic), or do > they exist in a separate Platonic real(Bruno), do they constitute a > separate realm(pt), do they constitute everything(Cosmin)? > > Brent >
If Sean said 'everything is waves', that could be materialist. But if by 'wave function' he means a mathematical entity (How is a 'function' not a mathematical entity?), he is purely a Platonist. @philipthrift -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/883a226a-c1cd-48b5-9cea-b37eb0ddfb5a%40googlegroups.com.
