That is a rather pricey book. I would have to ponder whether I would really get much from it. I have over the years become a bit reserved about philosophical attempts with quantum physics.
LC On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 9:45:11 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > This should be of interest to all the everythingists on this list. I'd > especially like to hear what Bruno thinks of it. It's a bit expensive, so > I may wait for more reviews before I take it up. > > *Birmingham-based philosopher Alastair Wilson has taken up the Herculean > task of putting modal realism and many-worlds quantum theory together into > a coherent, unitary view of reality. The results of this effort have been > presented in several papers in recent years, and are now assembled in this > thought-provoking book. While, as we will see, questions remain, Wilson has > no doubt managed to come up with ingenious new hypotheses and has proposed > solutions to existing problems and, more generally, with a powerful new > modal realist view. The resulting perspective will certainly be of interest > in the coming years, especially for naturalistically inclined philosophers, > demanding that metaphysical hypotheses be made as continuous with our best > science as possible.* > > > https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-nature-of-contingency-quantum-physics-as-modal-realism/ > > From the review I take it that Wilson has missed the intermediate kind of > possibility, namely computability which is between logical possibility and > nomological possibility. > > 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/5e9172cb-6706-48b5-ac9b-bbf85b4ac1c4n%40googlegroups.com.
