On Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 7:32 AM Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > I haven't read the book you reference, but I've collected and referenced publicly available scientific papers which together show how a physical theory with many of the properties of quantum mechanics will emerge automatically from observation within an infinite plenitude of all possibilities (i.e. something like modal realism): https://alwaysasking.com/why-does-anything-exist/#Why_Quantum_Mechanics Jason > > On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 9:45:11 PM UTC-6 meeke...@gmail.com > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/5e9172cb-6706-48b5-ac9b-bbf85b4ac1c4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/5e9172cb-6706-48b5-ac9b-bbf85b4ac1c4n%40googlegroups.com?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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUiXJ7JjWTbHBo93mv4x-Mwyu-PRJjPE9B-eHyX6m2uGXg%40mail.gmail.com.
