Re: There is no gap between philosophy and physics - is belief evil?
From: Bilge (dubious_at_radioactivex.lebesque-al.net)
Date: 07/22/04
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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:43:11 -0000
Robert J. Kolker:
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>Bilge wrote:
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>> Why are human theories not natural? Did humans originate in a
>> different universe than this one?
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>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.
Does that mean nature doesn't operate according to any rules?
>The most a theory can do is model some of the observables of nature and
>postulate hypothetical causes to account for them.
In that case, the bible would have to considered a scientific theory.
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