Re: How long are the arms of Formalisms?


Nam Nguyen wrote:

David wrote:
You replied to me instead of John.

Hmm! I thought I did him.


In any case, John seems to argue that formal systems can only model
physical systems (as distinguished from non-physical ones). Let's give
him a chance to tell us why.

Sure. I suspect though he might have been confused between mathematical
interpretation, and the _application_ of such to physical events or
real situation.

On that issue, I am not confused, and I distinguished between the
behaviours of the terms in formalisms and the contingent associations
or mappings we make to them.

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