tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20627807.post1329783616961028900..comments2024-01-30T13:35:42.223-12:00Comments on Quantum Non-Linearity: The Ghost and The MachineTimothy V Reeveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03913020911593893925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20627807.post-59726256939151054092009-01-22T07:35:00.000-12:002009-01-22T07:35:00.000-12:00Thanks for those thoughts Thoughts.I'll give some ...Thanks for those thoughts Thoughts.I'll give some time to the articles you link to.Timothy V Reeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913020911593893925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20627807.post-1963834849366677582009-01-20T07:39:00.000-12:002009-01-20T07:39:00.000-12:00I wonder whether a Platonic universe would lead to...I wonder whether a Platonic universe would lead to something spiritual or just be an interminable set of relations....<BR/><BR/>If the outcome of the Platonic analysis included our minds then there is the possibility of a spiritual outcome but if it denied our minds then there would be no spirituality. However, to determine whether the Platonic solution were spiritual we would need an empirical description of mind that could be used to provide the comparison between the model and reality.<BR/><BR/>I notice that you consider reflexiveness and duality of substance in your description of mind. Are these really necessary - are they an empricial reality or just speculation in the language of Platonism? (See <A HREF="http://newempiricism.blogspot.com/2009/01/ghost-in-your-machine.html" REL="nofollow">A ghost in your machine!</A>).<BR/><BR/>Perhaps if we had a good, scientific (empirical) description of mind it might be possible to devise a Platonic model of this. Indeed the empirical description really needs to precede the Platonic analysis or we might find the solution to our problem without even realising it. <BR/><BR/>In fact interpreting a Platonic analysis without a clear empirical description of mind is fraught with difficulties. For example, there are already plenty of Platonists who declare that their Platonic "reality" excludes even the possibility of mind. (see <A HREF="http://newempiricism.blogspot.com/2009/01/science-empirical-or-platonic.html" REL="nofollow">Science: empirical or platonic?</A>). This use of Platonic theory to deny observation would be an amusing faux-pas if it were not so widely accepted.Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866896441731516034noreply@blogger.com