I honestly can't see any sense in which the cup is not in the cupboard. — John
I honestly can't see any sense in which the cup is not in the cupboard — John
THe thread on social construction might be the best place to continue this part of the discussion. — Banno
Special Relativity actually concludes the exact opposite. What is happening is the same for both Ann and Beth. Ann will see the object moving to the right, and also be able to calculate that Beth will see it moving to the left. Beth will see it moving to the left, and be able to calculate that Ann sees it moving to the right. — Banno
Special Relativity actually concludes the exact opposite. What is happening is the same for both Ann and Beth. Ann will see the object moving to the right, and also be able to calculate that Beth will see it moving to the left. Beth will see it moving to the left, and be able to calculate that Ann sees it moving to the right.
— Banno
SP says that for an object in a void there is no true statement about its motion. Period. — Mongrel
SP says that for an object in a void there is no true statement about its motion. Period. — Mongrel
I wasn't summing up SP. I was explaining the circumstances in which the denial of absolute space impacts truth aptness. — Mongrel
There is something there, but it is the mind that forms the cup. You must realized that that seemingly solid object is not that at all when peering into it. Ditto for the water it seemingly carries. It is this transformation from a dynamic wave, that exhibits non-locality (quantum effects have now been observed at the molecular level), to something that feels solid and how is it formed that lies at the crux of philosophical question — Rich
I still don't agre that objects are all in the mind. — Wayfarer
SP says that for an object in a void there is no true statement about its motion. Period. — Mongrel
I suppose that the approach you are taking is fine, so long as it is presented as speculative, and not as a consensus view among physicist. — Banno
So perhaps we could again look at reincarnation. Your view is that memories, along with everything else, might be stored hologramaticaly? — Banno
Debates with Banno inevitably end up with long discussions about The Real Cup. It's a placeholder for 'reality' itself but when you discuss it in those quotidian terms it kind of demystifies it all in advance.
I am quite happy to be part of the 4%. It always been the case that few are interested in, or understand, philosophical analysis. — Wayfarer
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