Glen, I guess I am in that camp, although I am not in the camp that thinks that philosophy is mental self-abuse. Philosophy is different from science.
But before I say why -- again -- could you tell me how (if?) you think mathematics is different from science. Nick -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of glen e. p. ropella Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 7:03 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: [FRIAM] Philosophy vs. science I'm curious to know what the "philosophy is very different from science" camp thinks of this paper: http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo/Preprints/MG-LESz-rp_preprint-v5.pdf It's not a rhetorical question. I don't understand that paper or the physics or math being discussed ... at least not to my satisfaction. But it would be interesting to use the contents of this paper to find out _why_ you think philosophy is so different from so much of what we (perhaps mistakenly) call "science". -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
