Methodological physicalism is applied metaphysical physicalism.Though a pedantic point, it's significant to note, as the article linked in my last post makes clear, that I referred to methodological physicalism – a criterion for evaluating scientific theories – and not the "all is physical" of metaphysical physicalism. — 180 Proof
So we're just bags of chemistry? — Neil deGrasse Tyson
This is a caricature of what most scientists and scientifically literate laypersons actually believe. For instance, a cake recipe cannot "be reduced" to the wavefunction of the cake's quantum constituents. Desmet is strawmanning modern science. :roll:The idea that through science everything can be reduced to a mathematical equation ... — Tzeentch
quantum physics, complex systems theory — Tzeentch
This is a caricature of what most scientists and scientifically literate laypersons actually believe. For instance, a cake recipe cannot "be reduced" to the wavefunction of the cake's quantum constituents. Desmet is strawmanning modern science. — 180 Proof
Desmet does not claim that this world view is particularly prevalent among scientists, nor is it meant to be an attack on modern science. I've tried to make that clear on multiple occasions in this thread. — Tzeentch
In other words, derivative dumbing down for "ease of use" by middle-brow consumers. (or maybe undergrad litcrit / humanities courses). The works I've cited have philosophical import and should be studied in order to make explicit what is implicit yet still operative in "contemporary issues".Synthesize works from different writers and turn them intosomething[shits]that sheds lighton contemporary issues? — Tzeentch
Eppur si muove! — Galileo Galilei
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!
Desmet is worried to bits about what scientists once had to face - authoritarianism vis-à-vis truth. — Agent Smith
Have you watched any of Desmet's interviews or read his work? — Tzeentch
It's this aggression and anxiety that can find an outlet through political narratives, for example. — Tzeentch
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