Comments | hipnessmolecule: Overcoming the Separation Between Inner and Outer

hipnessmolecule

Overcoming the Separation Between Inner and Outer

Jul 25, 2006 14:42

This could be added to the May 5 post, but then nobody would see it. So here it is. This is a remark by Ronald H. Brady, from his article "Getting Rid of Metaphysics ( Read more... )

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that amazes me... phoenix_hawk July 26 2006, 12:25:03 UTC

as I, in my benighted laymen status, have always viewed math and
physics working together, if not actually being the same damn thing in the end.

Re: that amazes me... hipnessmolecule July 27 2006, 21:50:50 UTC

But they don't know why that is. They accept that it is, but they don't see the connection - it just seems to be there without any reason for it.

My little brain is about to implode, but.... lyttlefyre July 28 2006, 22:26:50 UTC

Reading "Scientific thinking is limited to a form of thought that cannot question its own premises," my main thought is that is a serious limit on any science. I also suspect, thinking of the great scientists such as Einstein, that this is not the case.

Interestingly, Buddhists fit science into the Buddhist worldview quite easily. Why do I mention this? I guess because it seems they've conquered the big picture/small picture issue to a good degree.

I'm putting my two pennies in the jar, where hopefully they'll be more useful than my comments. :-)

Re: My little brain is about to implode, but.... hipnessmolecule July 29 2006, 08:04:01 UTC

"Cannot question its own premises" equates to "belief system", in my book, just like The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It's important to make these unquestioned assumptions explicit. (Could that be considered to be "deconstruction ( ... )

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