Le 27-août-06, à 21:41, Brent Meeker a écrit :
> I put "working assumption" in scare quotes because I think the fact
> that we can
> create models of the world that are successful over a wide domain of
> phenomena is
> evidence for an underlying reality. It's not conclusive evidence, but
> reality is
> more than just an assumption.
I agree that "reality" is more than an assumption.
I agree even that "physical reality" is more than an assumption. I have
few doubt about the existence of a physical reality.
Now to assume the existence of a "primary" physical reality, or to
believe that physics is obviously or necessarily the fundamental
science, well that is a big assumption, and I would say that such an
assumption is even unclear in front of QM, and then useless in front of
comp.
I realize that even Aristotle, in his metaphysics, is much more prudent
on this, than the standard Christian (especially catholic)
interpretation of Aristotle.
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
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Received on Mon Aug 28 2006 - 07:40:10 PDT