The "citations from Aristotle, Plato, Ortega, Leibnitz," are a
particular type of IF "hypothetic assumptions". They cannot be
falsifiable as the hypothesis of gravitional waves, but they may be
discussed rationnally as starting points for principles and definitions
of information.
Cordialement. M. Godron
Le 06/10/2017 à 18:26, Emanuel Diamant a écrit :
Dear FISers,
I have heartily welcomed Pedro’s initiative to work out some
principles of information definition quest. But the upsetting
discussion unrolled around the issue pushes me to restrain my support
for the Pedro’s proposal. The problem (in my understanding) is that
FIS discussants are violating the basic rule of any scientific
discourse – the IF/THEN principle.
We usually start our discourse with a hypothetic assumption (the IF
part of an argument) which is affirmed later by a supporting evidence
or by a prediction that holds under the given assumptions (the THEN
part of the statement).
The universality of this principle was vividly demonstrated by the
recent Nobel Prize for Physics awarding –
A hundred years ago, Albert Einstein has predicted the existence of
gravitational waves, but only the construction of the LIGO detector
(implementing the if-then principles) made the observation of
gravitational waves possible.
Information will become visible and palpable only when an if-then
grounded probe (or an if-then grounded approach) will be devised and
put in use.
Until then – long citations from Aristotle, Plato, Ortega, Leibnitz,
alongside with extensive self-citations, will not help us to master
the unavoidable if-then way of thinking.
Sincerely yours,
Emanuel.
_______________________________________________
Fis mailing list
Fis@listas.unizar.es
http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
_______________________________________________
Fis mailing list
Fis@listas.unizar.es
http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
