The term "physical," during the twentieth century, has transformed to be
equated with materialism. That is a naive and technical mistake. In this
view matter or material is epistemically first, ideas and feelings are a
mystery that "evolves" or "emerges." But this is a stagnant view.
Carnap did no
Danko, List,
I have a half hour to spare but not much battery so let me just try to air a
few issues that have been concerning me all through our many discussions of
"special-science-inspired" models of inquiry, whether one's favorite special
science be physics, chemistry, biology, psychology,
Hi! Does "physical" mean "natural" or "material"? I think, that it means "natural", although in medicine it is often used for affairs of the body in contrast to affairs of the mind (psychical). In Greek "physica" means science of the nature. Maybe this is only a term problem?
Helmut
Gesendet:
Dear Jon,
Yes, it is very useful for me as a beginner. Thank you. The text
clarified a few things for me. Also, it makes me more confident that
poetic hierarchy that I propose can account for reasoning (deductive,
inductive and abductive). That is, I think I may have a structure of
(cyberne
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" wrote:
> Dear Danko,
>
> Before discussing Peirce, I would like to know your understanding of
> physical.
>
>
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 cer
