Re: Leibniz's platonism and the false problem of reductionism in mind and quantum theory

2013-10-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Oct 2013, at 12:09, Richard Ruquist wrote: Roger, Having just learned a thing or two from Bruno, it strikes me that Leibniz monads are Aristotelian rather than Platonic just like my string cosmology. Richard Exactly. Leibniz, in some text (but not in all) makes a come back to

Re: Leibniz's platonism and the false problem of reductionism in mind and quantum theory

2013-10-29 Thread Richard Ruquist
Roger, Having just learned a thing or two from Bruno, it strikes me that Leibniz monads are Aristotelian rather than Platonic just like my string cosmology. Richard On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Leibniz's platonism and the false problem of

Re: Leibniz's platonism and the false problem of reductionism in mind and quantum theory

2013-10-29 Thread LizR
Reductionism is the view that all mental processes can be reduced or explained by brain mechanisms. I thought it was the view that phenomena can be explained by simpler phenomena (until such time as you hit bottom) ? On 30 October 2013 00:09, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Roger,