Re: Frege, Wittgenstein on linguistical truth

On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 6:57:54 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 5:21:25 PM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 3:48:25 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/6/2019 4:05 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> O

Re: The problem with physics

On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12:22:01 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 8:55 AM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> >> Quantum mechanics itself is not counterfactually definite. Einstein was >> wrong about this. A free electron is described by a wave packet which is a >> superposi

Re: The problem with physics

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 7:50 PM Philip Thrift wrote: > On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12:22:01 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 8:55 AM Bruce Kellett wrote: >> >>> >>> Quantum mechanics itself is not counterfactually definite. Einstein was >>> wrong about this. A free electr

Re: The problem with physics

On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 3:09:08 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 7:50 PM Philip Thrift > wrote: > >> On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12:22:01 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 8:55 AM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> Quantum mechanics itsel

How Mathematics Meets the World, by Tim Maudlin

*How Mathematics Meets the World, by Tim Maudlin* https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2318 Essay Abstract The most obvious explanation for the power of mathematics as the language of physics is that the physical world has the right sort of structure to be represented mathematically. But wh

Re: The problem with physics

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 8:21 PM Philip Thrift wrote: > On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 3:09:08 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 7:50 PM Philip Thrift wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12:22:01 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 8:55 AM Bruce

Re: The problem with physics

On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:27:30 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 8:21 PM Philip Thrift > wrote: > >> On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 3:09:08 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 7:50 PM Philip Thrift wrote: >>> On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12

Re: The problem with physics

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 9:50 PM Philip Thrift wrote: > On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:27:30 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >> >> >> You are coming close to trolling behaviour, Phil. >> >> Bruce >> > > > But isn't someone who posts and doesn't say who they are a troll? > I think my correct name, Bruce

Re: The problem with physics

On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:50:55 AM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:27:30 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >> >> >> People can hold several different theories about different areas of >> science at the same time. Bringing up some bad review of a book by Maudl

Re: The problem with physics

On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 5:09:42 AM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:50:55 AM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:27:30 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >>> >>> >>> People can hold several different theories about differen

Re: The problem with physics

On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 5:04:39 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 9:50 PM Philip Thrift > wrote: > >> On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 4:27:30 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >>> >>> >>> You are coming close to trolling behaviour, Phil. >>> >>> Bruce >>> >> >> >> But isn't someon

Re: Superdeterminism in comics

On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 8:43 AM Bruno Marchal wrote: >> that very silly theory can not say who that shadowy mysterious person >> called Mr.You is, > > > *> The mechanist hypothesis assures that both copy have the right to be > qualified as you.* > So yesterday before the duplication when there wa

Panpsychist emergence

I am now - it seems - in the category "panpsychist friends & colleagues". https://twitter.com/smellosopher/status/1203343875173158913 [image: Image may contain: text

Re: How Mathematics Meets the World, by Tim Maudlin

On 12/7/2019 1:57 AM, Philip Thrift wrote: Physicists seeking such a mesh between mathematics and physics can only alter one side of the equation. The physical world is as it is, and will not change at our command. It is generally overlooked that the above is not strictly true. Physics has