This could be added to the May 5 post, but then nobody would see it. So here it is. This is a remark by Ronald H. Brady, from his article "Getting Rid of Metaphysics
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My little brain is about to implode, but....lyttlefyreJuly 28 2006, 22:26:50 UTC
Reading "Scientific thinking is limited to a form of thought that cannot question its own premises," my main thought is that is a serious limit on any science. I also suspect, thinking of the great scientists such as Einstein, that this is not the case.
Interestingly, Buddhists fit science into the Buddhist worldview quite easily. Why do I mention this? I guess because it seems they've conquered the big picture/small picture issue to a good degree.
I'm putting my two pennies in the jar, where hopefully they'll be more useful than my comments. :-)
Re: My little brain is about to implode, but....hipnessmoleculeJuly 29 2006, 08:04:01 UTC
"Cannot question its own premises" equates to "belief system", in my book, just like The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It's important to make these unquestioned assumptions explicit. (Could that be considered to be "deconstruction
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Re: My little brain is about to implode, but....lyttlefyreAugust 1 2006, 10:38:36 UTC
I hadn't ever heard about Ernst Mach or David Bohm, thanks for the education. :-) I know I was an English major, but it's just amazing what we don't learn in school.
What you said about holograms is interesting. Haven't looked at any since I was a teen.
Re: My little brain is about to implode, but....hipnessmoleculeAugust 6 2006, 01:47:33 UTC
There are two kinds of hologram. There's the kind you need a laser to see (that's the full-blown original type of hologram), and then there's the kind that appears on some credit cards.
The full laser type is the kind that maintains wholeness in each of its parts. When you shine a laser in the usual way through a broken-off piece, you still see the entire original picture. And still in 3-D!
Mach and Bohm (especially Mach) are often mentioned in courses on the history/philosophy of science.
And then there's Michael Polanyi and Ernst Cassirer...
physics working together, if not actually being the same damn thing in the end.
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Interestingly, Buddhists fit science into the Buddhist worldview quite easily. Why do I mention this? I guess because it seems they've conquered the big picture/small picture issue to a good degree.
I'm putting my two pennies in the jar, where hopefully they'll be more useful than my comments. :-)
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What you said about holograms is interesting. Haven't looked at any since I was a teen.
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The full laser type is the kind that maintains wholeness in each of its parts. When you shine a laser in the usual way through a broken-off piece, you still see the entire original picture. And still in 3-D!
Mach and Bohm (especially Mach) are often mentioned in courses on the history/philosophy of science.
And then there's Michael Polanyi and Ernst Cassirer...
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