On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 12:02 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 7/8/2011 8:08 PM, Rex Allen wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:01 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> On 7/8/2011 7:35 PM, Constantine Pseudonymous wrote: >>> >>> it makes so much sense..... >>> >>> the doctrine of physicalism is in the least on the same plane as any >>> idealistic metaphysics, especially some form of objective idealism. >>> But in my eye… the fairer judgment is that some form of idealistic >>> metaphysics is in fact situated a step above physicalism in >>> probability and satisfactory of coherence. >>> >> >> And has idealistic metaphysics ever made a successful prediction or >> informed a useful product? > > Metaphysics has nothing to do with prediction. Metaphysics is about > interpretation and meaning. > > But the metaphysics of materialism has been the philosophical guide of > science since the renaissance. Idealism has been the metaphysics of mystics > and charlatans.
Association fallacy, I think. > In other words: What do we make of the fact that these predictions were > successful (or not)? What does this mean with respect to our beliefs about > what kinds of things exist? > > The things we take to exist are the elements of our successful models. "We" who? Not me. Argumentum ad populum? Rex -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
