Re: There is no gap between philosophy and physics - is belief evil?

From: Robert J. Kolker (robert_kolker_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:19:54 GMT

Bilge wrote:

> Why are human theories not natural? Did humans originate in a
> different universe than this one?

Any human artifact must be created within nature. That is a truism.
However theories in and of themselves are not the nature they describe.
The Word is not the Thing. The Map is not the Territory.

The most a theory can do is model some of the observables of nature and
postulate hypothetical causes to account for them.

Bob Kolker

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