Dear Mark,
Whether there are five, four, or six momenta is an empirical issue. The crux is
the specification of an operationalization. Otherwise, this remains pure
speculation or what you call “ontology”.
The Leiden Rankings, for example, distinguish six broad fields. Other
categorizat
Dear Francesco.
It was a misunderstanding.
The word "weak" in frase " 4th and 5th momenta are weak in FIS
discussions." has a quantitative (not qualitative) meaning.
In statistical context "weak" means "few times".
It is not my intention to qualify the discussions, I want to count them. :-)
You wi
Dear FIS colleagues,
I'm curious about why the discussion about momenta matters. Does it matter
because we believe it is important to determine the boundaries of specific
discourses? Does that matter because we fear incoherence or confusion in our
discussion if we don't demarcate boundaries? An
Marcus wrote:
– I find myself thinking Five Momenta must represent five types of
localities. I ask if that “smells right” to you. If so, I would think that
“localizing hierarchies” would also be needed. For example, I see: 1)
passive descriptions of Nature (aka natural philosophy, general science)
