Re: Cerberus and Quine

From: JXStern (JXSternChangeX2R_at_gte.net)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 05:42:09 GMT

On 25 Feb 2005 06:38:34 -0800, examachine@gmail.com wrote:
...
>On the other hand, the really problematic thing is the language here, I
>think. The distinctions I draw above are binary, and it just doesn't
>reflect the true nature of how much ontological commitment we are truly
>making. There is a perfectly physical sense to understand an "orbit",
>in that constructive sense, the orbit, as some kind of an unfolding of
>events, etc., does exist. But in the theoretical sense, as some perfect
>ellipsoid hanging in space, it doesn't. I just want to say that even at
>this seemingly simple level, our terminology is inadequate and we want
>to make sense of something like mathematics that is sometimes
>considered to be the most difficult subject.

I entirely agree.

The nature of the universe, and our relationship to it, is subtle.

Our relationship to Truth and Reality is one of participation, not
understanding. Our mechanical operation, on the other hand, is fully
reducible, analyzable, observable. This is the lesson of computers
and computation, and it runs 180 degrees out of phase with classical
assumptions that has our internal operations mysterious and the distal
world obvious.

Josh

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