Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Apr 2017, at 13:17, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 26/04/2017 7:13 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 15:03, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 25/04/2017 7:02 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 03:26, Brent Meeker wrote: On 4/24/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Apr 2017, at

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 04:45:00PM +0200, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > I can understand how this epstemological model can lead to the > intuition that mathematics is a "by-product" of physics, but I have a > hard time accepting that it is more than an intuition. > > I am not arguing that this is not

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On 27/04/2017 12:45 am, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Bruce Kellett The issue at stake here appears to be whether arithmetic (and mathematics) can be derived form physics, or has to have some non-physical origin. As I said to Bruno a short time ago, the derivation of this

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Brent Meeker
On 4/26/2017 4:39 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Give us the meat of your arguments and I promise to read with an open mind. In my case, I am mostly interested in the first principles that allow you to claim that consciousness emerges from complex interactions between physical entities. I think thi

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > On 26/04/2017 9:39 pm, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Bruce Kellett >>> >>> Not at all. Physics does not assume arithmetic or mathematics, it derives >>> them. >>> >>> Give the proof, then. It's "vaporwa

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On 26/04/2017 9:39 pm, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Bruce Kellett Not at all. Physics does not assume arithmetic or mathematics, it derives them. Give the proof, then. It's "vaporware science", just like the first principles that explain emergentism. People allude to t

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > On 26/04/2017 7:24 pm, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> On 25 Apr 2017, at 15:03, Bruce Kellett wrote: >>> >>> On 25/04/2017 7:02 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> On 25 Apr 2017, at 03

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On 26/04/2017 7:24 pm, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 15:03, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 25/04/2017 7:02 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 03:26, Brent Meeker wrote: On 4/24/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Apr 2

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Bruce Kellett
On 26/04/2017 7:13 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 15:03, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 25/04/2017 7:02 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 03:26, Brent Meeker wrote: On 4/24/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Apr 2017, at 09:18, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote:

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 25 Apr 2017, at 15:03, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On 25/04/2017 7:02 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 25 Apr 2017, at 03:26, Brent Meeker wrote: > > On 4/24/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 23 Apr 2017, at 09:18, 'scerir' via Eve

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Apr 2017, at 15:03, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 25/04/2017 7:02 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 03:26, Brent Meeker wrote: On 4/24/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Apr 2017, at 09:18, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: "Quentin Anciaux": How can you justify logic

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-25 Thread Bruce Kellett
On 25/04/2017 7:02 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Apr 2017, at 03:26, Brent Meeker wrote: On 4/24/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Apr 2017, at 09:18, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: "Quentin Anciaux": How can you justify logic from physics if logic is primary to p

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Apr 2017, at 03:26, Brent Meeker wrote: On 4/24/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Apr 2017, at 09:18, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: "Quentin Anciaux": How can you justify logic from physics if logic is primary to prove anything? You're building your lower layer u

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-24 Thread Brent Meeker
On 4/24/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Apr 2017, at 09:18, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: "Quentin Anciaux": How can you justify logic from physics if logic is primary to prove anything? You're building your lower layer upon an higher layer... It's contrad

Re: R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 23 Apr 2017, at 09:18, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: "Quentin Anciaux": How can you justify logic from physics if logic is primary to prove anything? You're building your lower layer upon an higher layer... It's contradictory. # David Finkelstein wrote interesting papers abou

R: Re: What are atheists for?

2017-04-23 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
"Quentin Anciaux": How can you justify logic from physics if logic is primary to prove anything? You're building your lower layer upon an higher layer... It's contradictory. # David Finkelstein wrote interesting papers about the "physics of logic" (and also about "introspective measuremen