Re: Can we ever know truth? - simulation

2006-08-12 Thread 1Z
> I think this is wrongheaded. You doubt that you really assume "things are > how they appear to me" - the Earth appears flat, wood appears solid, and > electrons don't appear at all. What one does is build, or learn, a model > that fits the world and comports with "how they appear". I see no

RE: Can we ever know truth? - simulation

2006-08-12 Thread John M
Nick: the "practical" - "philosopher". I refer to my 'misunderstood' expression to Bruno: "NAME Calling" (which was a pun, meaning we "call" names and assign meaning to it - in our OWN mindset, then fight for THIS meaning against another person's meaning "called" by the same NAME) - Bruno misu

Re: Can we ever know truth? - simulation

2006-08-11 Thread Brent Meeker
Nick Prince wrote: > This is a form of solipsism - it is difficult to attack it and > defending it can be similarly time consuming. I think we have to move > on and believe there is a better approach – if only to get somewhere > other than back to the beginning every time. > > > > > >

RE: Can we ever know truth? - simulation

2006-08-11 Thread Nick Prince
This is a form of solipsism  - it is difficult to attack it and defending it can be similarly time consuming.  I think we have to move on and believe there is a better approach – if only to get somewhere other than back to the beginning every time.     - Original Messag