Thank you. I have one more question about physical. We talk after all
about processes in time and the question would be on how it happens
according to your view. To this end, let me quote from Tim Maudlin's
"The Metaphysics Within Physics"
“I believe there is a fundamental physical state of the world.”
“In addition to the physical state of the universe, I believe in
fundamental physical laws.”
“Once the total physical state of the universe and the laws of physics
are fixed, every other fact, such as may be, supervenes.”
Would you agree with such a description of physical processes? Or do you
consider a physical process differently?
Evgenii
Am 28.03.2015 um 21:00 schrieb Danko Nikolic:
I subscribe to this.
(I am also aware that this is not an absolute truth, but a convenient
way of describing the world in scientific terms.)
Danko On 28 Mar 2015 14:46, "Evgenii Rudnyi" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Dear Danko,
Before discussing Peirce, I would like to know your understanding
of physical.
Let me quote the definition of physicalism from Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"The general idea is that the nature of the actual world (i.e. the
universe and everything in it) conforms to a certain condition,
the condition of being physical. Of course, physicalists don't deny
that the world might contain many items that at first glance don't
seem physical — items of a biological, or psychological, or moral,
or social nature. But they insist nevertheless that at the end of
the day such items are either physical or supervene on the
physical."
Do you subscribe to this, or your vision of physical is different?
Evgenii
Am 27.03.2015 um 20:50 schrieb Danko Nikolic:
Dear Evgenii,
This is the first time I hear of that definition of matter. It
is interesting. I don't know the implications as I am new to
Peirce.
Yes, of course, I would agree that being biological implies that
the mind is a physical phenomenon.
Danko
On 27/03/15 19:34, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote:
This implies that "The mind is a physical phenomenon." Along
this line I would appreciate if you make your statement on what
is for you physical and how it is related to inevitable
physical laws.
Peirce's quote in this respect:
“Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to
the point where the breaking up of this habits is very
difficult.”
Evgenii
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