Re: Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead

2012-07-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 19-juil.-12, à 15:56, R AM a écrit : On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 18-juil.-12, à 15:28, R AM a écrit : On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I gave a definition of compatibilist free-will which is not "without coercion". I define free-wi

Re: Unto Others (very interesting)

2012-07-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 19-juil.-12, à 06:47, meekerdb a écrit : This may be of interest to those recently discussing free-riders. Brent Original Message Unto Others BY MICHAEL SHERMER It is the oldest and most universally recognized moral principle that was codified over two millennia ag

Re: Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead

2012-07-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 19-juil.-12, à 18:00, meekerdb a écrit : On 7/19/2012 6:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 18-juil.-12, à 20:48, meekerdb a écrit : Then, by the most common definition of atheism, atheists are doubly believer as they verify, with B for "believes": B~g and Bm. Science is or should be

Re: Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead

2012-07-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 19-juil.-12, à 18:56, John Clark a écrit : On Thu, Jul 19, 2012  Bruno Marchal wrote: Complete information is NEVER available, That is false. usually we make choice with (relative) complete information. I want tea, and I do have tea, I know the price, etc. but there is ALWAYS enoug

Re: Contra Step 8 of UDA

2012-07-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 19-juil.-12, à 21:46, Stephen P. King a écrit : Dear Bruno,     I need to slow down and just address this question of your as it seems to be the point where we disconnect from understanding each other. On 7/19/2012 10:22 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: At this stage I will ask you to defin

Re: Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead

2012-07-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 19-juil.-12, à 22:30, John Clark a écrit : On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Maybe that's what the smarter ones think privately but that is most certainly NOT what they preach to their congregation on Sunday, if they even hinted at such a thing they'd be excommunica

Re: Contra Step 8 of UDA

2012-07-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Stephen, I appreciate very much Louis Kauffman, including that paper. But I don't see your point. Nothing there seems to cast any problem for comp or its consequences. Why not read the MGA threads directly, and address the points specifically? Bruno Le 20-juil.-12, à 05:34, Stephen P.

Re: Contra Step 8 of UDA (errata)

2012-07-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 20-juil.-12, à 20:02, meekerdb a écrit : On 7/20/2012 8:40 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: Hi Jason,     The problem that I see with this definition is that it makes existence contingent and not necessary. The contingency (or dependence in the weaker case) on the capacity of "having object

Re: Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead

2012-07-21 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 Bruno Marchal wrote: >> so we end up making no choice at all or we make a choice based on >> nothing, in other words at random. >> > > > I don't believe we can make choice at random. Fine, I don't think that's true but as far as this discussion goes it wouldn't matter if i

Re: Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead

2012-07-21 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 Bruno Marchal wrote: > My favorite catholic theologians has eventually been excommunicated > indeed, and got professional problems, And so they are no longer catholic theologians, they should be proud of their excommunication and shout from the rooftops "Good riddance to b

Re: Unto Others (very interesting)

2012-07-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 7/21/2012 5:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 19-juil.-12, à 06:47, meekerdb a écrit : This may be of interest to those recently discussing free-riders. Brent Original Message Unto Others BY MICHAEL SHERMER It is the oldest and most universall

Re: Contra Step 8 of UDA

2012-07-21 Thread John Clark
On 7/15/2012 11:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > your [SPK] argument above cannot work. For in Darwin the observer emerges > from computations too, even is physical. > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: > You are still thinking in reductionist and well-founded terms, > Th

Re: Contra Step 8 of UDA

2012-07-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 7/21/2012 6:58 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 19-juil.-12, à 21:46, Stephen P. King a écrit : Dear Bruno, I need to slow down and just address this question of your as it seems to be the point where we disconnect from understanding each other. On 7/19/2012 10:22 AM, B

Re: Contra Step 8 of UDA

2012-07-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 7/21/2012 7:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hi Stephen, I appreciate very much Louis Kauffman, including that paper. But I don't see your point. Nothing there seems to cast any problem for comp or its consequences. Why not read the MGA threads directly, and address the points specifically?

Re: Contra Step 8 of UDA

2012-07-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 7/21/2012 1:45 PM, John Clark wrote: On 7/15/2012 11:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > your [SPK] argument above cannot work. For in Darwin the observer emerges from computations too, even is physical. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Stephen P. King mailto:stephe...@charter.net>> wro

Re: Unto Others (very interesting)

2012-07-21 Thread meekerdb
On 7/21/2012 2:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 19-juil.-12, à 06:47, meekerdb a écrit : This may be of interest to those recently discussing free-riders. Brent Original Message Unto Others BY MICHAEL SHERMER It is the oldest and most universall

Re: Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead

2012-07-21 Thread meekerdb
On 7/21/2012 3:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 19-juil.-12, à 18:00, meekerdb a écrit : On 7/19/2012 6:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 18-juil.-12, à 20:48, meekerdb a écrit : Then, by the most common definition of atheism, atheists are doubly b

Re: Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead

2012-07-21 Thread meekerdb
On 7/21/2012 4:27 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 19-juil.-12, à 22:30, John Clark a écrit : On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Maybe that's what the smarter ones think privately but that is most certainly NOT what they preach to their congregation on Sunday, if they even hi

Re: Contra Step 8 of UDA (errata)

2012-07-21 Thread meekerdb
On 7/21/2012 5:12 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: OK. And it is here that "conventional physics" has a problem, for to relate observations with perceptions they rely on the physical supervenience thesis, which does no more work when comp is assumed. It is only a problem in that the explanation is in

Re: Unto Others (very interesting)

2012-07-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 7/21/2012 3:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 7/21/2012 2:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 19-juil.-12, à 06:47, meekerdb a écrit : This may be of interest to those recently discussing free-riders. Brent Original Message Unto Others BY MICHAEL SHERMER

Re: Unto Others (very interesting)

2012-07-21 Thread meekerdb
On 7/21/2012 7:08 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 7/21/2012 3:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 7/21/2012 2:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 19-juil.-12, à 06:47, meekerdb a écrit : This may be of interest to those recently discussing free-riders. Brent Original Message

Re: Unto Others (very interesting)

2012-07-21 Thread Stephen P. King
On 7/21/2012 10:12 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 7/21/2012 7:08 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 7/21/2012 3:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 7/21/2012 2:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 19-juil.-12, à 06:47, meekerdb a écrit : This may be of interest to those recently discussing free-riders. Brent