Re: The Intellectual Origin of Positivism

From: Eray Ozkural exa (erayo_at_bilkent.edu.tr)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: 27 Jul 2004 02:48:20 -0700

lesterDELzick@worldnet.att.net (Lester Zick) wrote in message news:<41057d26.38391425@netnews.att.net>...
> Well, to say that a photon is both wave and particle is merely another
> way of saying that scientists don't have a clue as to exactly what
> they mean in using the terms. Quantum theory sidesteps wave-particle
> duality for the same reason behaviorism sidesteps the mind and mental
> effects because neither approach to science understands what the terms
> mean. And if god wants to know, he/she/it is certainly welcome to ask.

I might agree.

> I've always found mathematics to be an excellent substitute for
> mechanical explanations, Wolf. Personally I'm more interested in what
> the paradigm is and what it explains in terms of what. The paradigm
> may be describable mathematically, but somehow I doubt the paradigm
> is math, pythagorean and neopythagorean prejudices to the contrary
> notwithstanding.

Philosophy can explain mathematics, and sometimes through mathematics.
There is a philosophical mathematics, but in general there is a
metaphysics for mathematics (and everything else). And Lester is
correct that we do not need to assume that existence (or knowledge) is
mathematical. That is a question with no satisfactory answer.

Regards, 

--
Eray Ozkural

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