Computationalism and downward causation -- Leibniz's new paradigm for science
The new, strictly logical, Leibnizian view of the universe is that the new paradigm- computationalism-- is thoroughly logically based, while conventional science is based on appearances, not that the appearances are wrong. In a previous email I explained how all of today's science is based on the logical error that mind and matter can directly interact, which is false, because they are two different substances, completely foreign to one another. The more strictly logical view, as Leibniz showed, is that the interaction only appears to happen. But the strictly logical Leibnizian view is that upward causation is only an appearance. All true causation is actually downward (Platonic). This new understanding not only allows today's scientific results to be apparently true, but opens the door to previously unexplainable phenomena such as gravity. Another way to say this is that, although they may appear to be a posteriori (in the world), all causes are actually theoretical (a priori). Numbers being a priori (given), this gives a completely new solidity to computationalism. Roger Clough -- 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.
