Thank you for drawing this excellent review to our attention. References to differing views from D'Espaganat is very helpful. In any case, the review does not negate my essential point but only adds to it, and that is the fundamental difficulties with trying to establish some foundation for realism given quantum mechanics. These implications need to be brought forward in the Friam discussion.
Regards, Gus Gus Koehler, Ph.D. President and Principal Time Structures, Inc. 1545 University Ave. Sacramento, CA 95825 916-564-8683, Fax: 916-564-7895 Cell: 916-716-1740 www.timestructures.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Günther Greindl Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:27 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything? Hi, D'Espagnat gives a very biased view of QM. For a critical view of the book see for instance Esfeld, Michael Review of "Bernard d'Espagnat, On physics and philosophy, Princeton: Princeton University Press 2006", Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38B (2007), pp. 989-992 http://www.unil.ch/webdav/site/philo/shared/DocsPerso/EsfeldMichael/2007/Esp agnat-SHPMP07.pdf Gus Koehler wrote: > Bernard D'Espagnat, practicing and well know physicist, in his 2006 On > Physics and Philosophy makes the following points based on > contemporary limits that nature has imposed us via quantum mechanics: Regards, Günther -- Günther Greindl Department of Philosophy of Science University of Vienna [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.univie.ac.at/Wissenschaftstheorie/ Blog: http://dao.complexitystudies.org/ Site: http://www.complexitystudies.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
