Bruno,
I was just quoting you: "And if you do the math, you get a
physics extracted from mechanism, and you can use it to confirm
mechanism or to refute it." Did you mean "refutes materialism"?
Bruno Marchal wrote:
>
> On 19 Nov 2008, at 16:01, m.a. wrote:
>
>> *So you're saying that a "physics extracted from mechanism" which
>> (let's assume) refutes mechanism, *
>
>
> If a physics extracted from mechanism refutes mechanism, then
> mechanism is refuted. (p implies not p) is equivalent with (not p).
>
> I guess you meant "refutes materialism". One main point is that
> physics extracted logically from comp could be refuted by the
> experimental facts, and this would lead to an experimental refutation
> of comp.
>
> Bruno Marchal wrote:
>>> Hi m.a.
>>>
>>>
>>> if mechanism is true, then the "physical universe" appears to be
>>> the border of the universal machine "ignorance". The cosmos is the
>>> tip of the iceberg. And the laws of physics are really something
>>> which evolved, yet not in a space time, but in a logical space
>>> gluing the possible machine "dreams". I am not saying this is true,
>>> only that it is a consequence of the seemingly innocent (for some
>>> naturalist) mechanist hypothesis.
>>>
>>> It gives a way to justify the why and how of physical laws, and
>>> this from mechanism, and this without making the (ad hoc) assumption
>>> of a physical universe. _*And if you do the math, you get a physics
>>> extracted from mechanism, and you can use it to confirm mechanism or
>>> to refute it.*_
>>>
>>> You can take the reasoning train which is currently passing. Mainly
>>> the MGA can be understood by patient layman having some notion of
>>> digital machine.
>>>
>>> Bruno
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ <http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/%7Emarchal/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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> http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ <http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/%7Emarchal/>
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