> On 26 Feb 2020, at 21:36, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 2/26/2020 2:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> Being sure of that sentence is true, "Dr Watson was a friend of Sherlock >>> Holmes." doesn't mean the things named in the sentence exist. >> >> It certainly means that Watson and Homes exist, in some sense. The question >> is “is that sense interesting with respect to our goal of explaining >> "everything” (matter and consciousness) in a coherent way? > > They exist in exactly the same way arithmetic and Turing machines exist.
Really? The difference is that arithmetic is used by all physicists, mathematicians, economists, and that if you are mistaken about their relations, your rocket might blow up, or miss the moon. But if you are wrong about Watson or Holmes, you might just get a bad note at your English literature course. 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/0ed5c2d8-f713-c748-2f0b-307745a2050c%40verizon.net. -- 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/A8672F63-DE85-478C-8AE9-B9A2B5B64F83%40ulb.ac.be.
