> On 26 Aug 2019, at 02:32, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 8/25/2019 12:58 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 4:30 AM John Clark <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 12:16 AM Jason Resch <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > The mind is a pattern distinct from any of it's physical incarnations. >> >> A pattern must be a pattern of something, and whatever that something is it >> can't be numbers because numbers don't change with time and minds do. >> >> The structure has a time dimension. The structure varies with the time >> coordinate. That's what time is. > > Which one? Coordinate time? Clock time? Proper time? Whose proper time? > >> >> >> So if that something isn't numbers and it isn't atoms what is it? A mind is >> distinct from any particular physical incarnation but it must be physical >> stuff of some sort because physical stuff is the only stuff that can change >> with time. >> >> Does space change? In physics time and space are one unified whole. > > That's the theory now. But maybe it's made of quantum entanglements? That's > the trouble all religions have with trying to base their validity on physics. > Physics is a science and it never provides certainty...and least of all in > its theories.
Yes, that is right. But metaphysics is a science too, and we must reserve our judgment on facts, not wishful thinking, which unfortunately is a tradition in that field. Physics can be equated to metaphysics when we do the Aristotelian ontological commitment, but the mechanism has to be abandoned. 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8e31f92e-69b7-aa29-c01a-eb8793a2c0db%40verizon.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8e31f92e-69b7-aa29-c01a-eb8793a2c0db%40verizon.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/BE56719E-056D-4886-BD39-BD1D49309F6A%40ulb.ac.be.
