Re: MD Sam's Eudaimonia

From: David M (davidint@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: Tue Aug 23 2005 - 19:01:21 BST

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    Hi Ian

    See what you are saying now.Yes I agree
    that theory should be abke to fit ordinary
    experience unless of course it is simply
    talking about stuff that cannot enter ordinary experience
    except via instruments.

    DM

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "ian glendinning" <psybertron@gmail.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:09 AM
    Subject: Re: MD Sam's Eudaimonia

    > Hi David, as I said I think we agree on the view of "science".
    >
    > My last sentence was referring to other posts of mine on my blog on
    > this subject. One of the recent examples is David Deutsch's "Fabric of
    > Reality", where he points out that numerous very important "state of
    > the art" scientific ideas still have explanatory gaps when taken in
    > isolation, despite a good fit in a more holistic view. One consequence
    > of which is that many scientists, who work daily with some aspect of
    > (say) a many worlds interpretation of quantum physics, believe it
    > enough to base their life's work on it, but do not use it as part of
    > everyday common sense in "domestic" life.
    >
    > Ian
    >
    > On 8/21/05, David M <davidint@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
    >> Hi Ian
    >>
    >> Just the last bit, I agree science has been slow
    >> to rethink itself in the light of its own findings
    >> but feel there is some light appearing in the last
    >> few years.
    >>
    >> DM
    >>
    >>
    >> ----- Original Message -----
    >> From: "ian glendinning" <psybertron@gmail.com>
    >> To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    >> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 4:42 AM
    >> Subject: Re: MD Sam's Eudaimonia
    >>
    >>
    >> > Hi David M & Sam,
    >> >
    >> > The block quote you are referring to is my words, not Sam's, and I'd
    >> > be the first to own up to it not being a coherent case (yet), but you
    >> > get the essential point.
    >> >
    >> > Glad you agree - sometimes I feel I'm ploughing a lonely furrow on MD.
    >> >
    >> > Which specific last bit didn't you get - the whole block generally or
    >> > the final sentence in particular ? I'd like to enlighten if I can.
    >> >
    >> > Ian
    >> >
    >> > On 8/19/05, David M <davidint@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
    >> >> > Nature IS physics IS MoQ IS good quality science IS the best
    >> >> > explanation of anything; There is nothing else. MoQ highlights (and
    >> >> > almost solves) things missing from "current" (SOMist) physics and
    >> >> > science. As a "science" physics is by definition always expanding
    >> >> > and
    >> >> > updating itself. Looking at the most philosophical of modern
    >> >> > scientists, and the most scientific of modern philosophers, everyone
    >> >> > seems to recognise the SAME explanatory gaps, and the proposals for
    >> >> > plugging them look remarkably similar to me from the MoQ
    >> >> > perspective.
    >> >> > A perspective which no modern philosophers and scientists seem to
    >> >> > have, despite the fact that physics learned almost a century ago
    >> >> > that
    >> >> > SOMist objectivity is for the birds. Look at my posts on scientists
    >> >> > not adopting their own best explanations as everyday common sense -
    >> >> > after Deutsch.
    >> >>
    >> >>
    >> >> Hi Sam
    >> >>
    >> >> Not sure what your last bit is saying. There is a lot in the
    >> >> philosophy
    >> >> of
    >> >> science that sounds close to MOQ at the moment such as John Dupre,
    >> >> Roy Bhaskar, Prigogine, and Nicholas Maxwell. I do agree that science
    >> >> and
    >> >> phil of
    >> >> science have been slow to see the implications of the death of SOM,
    >> >> determinism, essentialism and reductionism. But I think the turn is
    >> >> now
    >> >> taking place.
    >> >>
    >> >> regards
    >> >> David M
    >> >>
    >> >>
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