Philosophy
VALIDATION OF EVENTS
AND
A CHANGE IN EPISTEMOLOGY
"To sense or not to sense/to exist or not to exist"--It is just the way we observe and analyze the universe in that we conceptualize and formulate laws that explain things whether we are there are not. It is an assumption--and a valid one--that events we quantify are valid throughout the universe until proven otherwise. That is our epistemology of the universe. All is subject to modification. Suppose a tape recorder was placed in the woods for one day. The next day, the tape was rewound and played back. Two things could happen: The sound of a falling tree or no sounds at all. The former would certainly support the epistemological hypothesis regarding trees falling in the woods...prediction via empirical evidence and historical regularity. No sounds at all would cause one to reevaluate current theories regarding unobservable events producing sounds or behaving in the realm of standard physics. The point is, theories can be modified or even discarded as soon as one event challenges the theory and provides a negative result. Thus, the epistemology of the universe is potentially in a forever state of change.
- Time And Back To The Future
You Know Who asks, In Back To The Future (the first movie), Marty McFly (for sake of this question, Marty I) goes back in time to 1955, spends a week there, alters the past, and returns to 1985 just in time to save his friend, the inventor Doc Brown....
- Week Two: Natural Philosophy
FILM: QUANTUM THINKING The film asks what is real. When we observe objects you do not sufficiently define it because we do not fully understand it. As the film states, we are "invariably altering what we are examining." We form our own opinions that differs...
- Collapse Of Modern Theoretical Physics...new Book By Baggott
"Quantum Theory: If a tree falls in forest…" by Jim Baggott February 14th, 2011 Oxford University Press If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s nobody around to hear, does it make a sound? For centuries philosophers have been teasing our intellects...
- A Physicist's Philosophical Perspective
Israel Perez has provided his insight into the physical world. I cannot totally agree with the paper. Abstract: Without a doubt many problems in physics arise as a consequence of our philosophical conception of the world. In this contribution however...
- "science--philosophy Rules" Poll
"String Theory"--Knot Should a set of rules be established to discern the difference between "science" and "philosophy"--to make clear, recognizable, and a sound epistemology...i.e., "string theory" as being simply wild speculation--science fiction?...
Philosophy
The falling tree and knowledge
VALIDATION OF EVENTS AND
A CHANGE IN EPISTEMOLOGY
"To sense or not to sense/to exist or not to exist"--It is just the way we observe and analyze the universe in that we conceptualize and formulate laws that explain things whether we are there are not. It is an assumption--and a valid one--that events we quantify are valid throughout the universe until proven otherwise. That is our epistemology of the universe. All is subject to modification. Suppose a tape recorder was placed in the woods for one day. The next day, the tape was rewound and played back. Two things could happen: The sound of a falling tree or no sounds at all. The former would certainly support the epistemological hypothesis regarding trees falling in the woods...prediction via empirical evidence and historical regularity. No sounds at all would cause one to reevaluate current theories regarding unobservable events producing sounds or behaving in the realm of standard physics. The point is, theories can be modified or even discarded as soon as one event challenges the theory and provides a negative result. Thus, the epistemology of the universe is potentially in a forever state of change.
- Time And Back To The Future
You Know Who asks, In Back To The Future (the first movie), Marty McFly (for sake of this question, Marty I) goes back in time to 1955, spends a week there, alters the past, and returns to 1985 just in time to save his friend, the inventor Doc Brown....
- Week Two: Natural Philosophy
FILM: QUANTUM THINKING The film asks what is real. When we observe objects you do not sufficiently define it because we do not fully understand it. As the film states, we are "invariably altering what we are examining." We form our own opinions that differs...
- Collapse Of Modern Theoretical Physics...new Book By Baggott
"Quantum Theory: If a tree falls in forest…" by Jim Baggott February 14th, 2011 Oxford University Press If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s nobody around to hear, does it make a sound? For centuries philosophers have been teasing our intellects...
- A Physicist's Philosophical Perspective
Israel Perez has provided his insight into the physical world. I cannot totally agree with the paper. Abstract: Without a doubt many problems in physics arise as a consequence of our philosophical conception of the world. In this contribution however...
- "science--philosophy Rules" Poll
"String Theory"--Knot Should a set of rules be established to discern the difference between "science" and "philosophy"--to make clear, recognizable, and a sound epistemology...i.e., "string theory" as being simply wild speculation--science fiction?...