Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: OsherD (mdoctorow_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: 16 Feb 2005 10:14:20 -0800

>>From Osher Doctorow

The philosophers here are much more correct than the physicists and
mathematicians, but both are finally showing at least a desire to
communicate. However, the lack of knowledge of philosophy by the
scientists/mathematicians is really noteworthy. This can easily be
repaired if they apply the same intensity of effort and search for
causes and core concepts to philosophy that they hopefully should apply
to their fields (but apparently don't fully do so there either).

The big problem with physics is anomalies and paradoxes. I don't think
Bob or the other mathematicians/physicists have read much about this.
Read Max Jammer's (CUNY, Ramat-Gan U. Israel) The Philosophy of Quantum
Mechanics, Wiley: N.Y. 1974, and T. Y. Cao's (Boston U.) Conceptual
Developments of 20th Century Field Theories, Cambridge University
Press: Cambridge U.K. 1997. It should take you a minimum of a few
weeks to read those (my advice: don't come back to this forum without
doing so, unless on a different topic).

As for probability, you're all wrong. Read my paper in B. N.
Kursunuglu et al (Eds.)
Quantum Gravity, Generalized Theory of Gravitation, and Superstring
Theory-Based Unification, Kluwer: N.Y. 2000, 89-97, and also my
sci.stat.math postings for about the past 2 years, which should take
you also a few weeks. Those are actually only a start, but unlike
most physicists and mathematicians, I began each posting to
sci.stat.math with a clear set of definitions, axioms, theorems,
proofs, even stated remarks, for most of the 2 years. Then you can
look at my other postings elsewhere and some of my other work. If I
don't see an improvement soon in readers' understanding of
probability-statistics, I'll start teaching it on this forum!

Osher Doctorow

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