On Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 8:53 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 6/26/2021 4:41 PM, Tomas Pales wrote: > > > > On Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 11:36:47 PM UTC+2 Brent wrote: > >> >> But presumably the *laws *are stable. Why? Because that's the way we >> want them. If they weren't stable (or even time invariant) we wouldn't >> call them laws of physics. They'd be initial conditions or historical >> accidents. >> > > But why do stable laws exist in our universe and what is the guarantee > that they will continue to exist? > > > Notice that they don't exist in the sense you mean. Newton's laws aren't > around anymore. Determinism is gone. Space and time aren't separate. So > why do you think the laws are stable? Because when we invent/discover a > new law we necessarily demand that it also apply in all of the past. We > ignore the fact that we thought Newton's laws were stable before 1905. > > So there's no guarantee they will continue without change, but they will > apply to the past. How do we know? We don't, but it's supported by > induction. Induction is a self-supporting form of inference. If there is > any effective form of empirical inference, then induction will do as well. > We could still ask: why does empiricism tend to work here? Which I think is the crux if Tomas's question. Jason > 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/376c99d5-a211-f75f-3c47-cf42324c4e4d%40verizon.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/376c99d5-a211-f75f-3c47-cf42324c4e4d%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/CA%2BBCJUi1GHXNcegnDJ-Wh3kqtRY8vVPLb1is%2B_OCmhfxdin49w%40mail.gmail.com.
