tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post2867365778989410173..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: New Rationally Speaking collection: Science and MetaphysicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-87915310091678331522013-07-24T14:56:22.240-04:002013-07-24T14:56:22.240-04:00Tom,
> Have you read Meinard Kuhlmann's ar...Tom,<br /><br />> Have you read Meinard Kuhlmann's article in Scientific American entitled "What is Real?"? It deals with "ontic structural realism" and the problems associated with viewing reality as made up of particles OR fields. <<br /><br />No, but I've read Ladyman and Ross Every Thing Must Go, which is also about ontic structural realism, and really liked it:<br /><br />http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2012/09/rationally-speaking-podcast-james.html<br /><br />http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2012/08/surprise-naturalistic-metaphysics_20.html<br /><br />http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2012/08/surprise-naturalistic-metaphysics.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-6975172608910330592013-07-24T10:18:25.413-04:002013-07-24T10:18:25.413-04:00Massimo,
I am looking forward to reading this bo...Massimo, <br /><br />I am looking forward to reading this book. <br /><br />Have you read Meinard Kuhlmann's article in Scientific American entitled "What is Real?"? It deals with "ontic structural realism" and the problems associated with viewing reality as made up of particles OR fields. <br /><br />This is a pet peeve of mine, since I think that science knows very little about the fundamentals of our world and opts instead for an "instrumentalist" approach of measuring what they conveniently can and assuming that nothing else matters -- like the drunk looking for his car keys far away from where he lost them because "the light is better here". <br /><br />I would be interested in your opinion of Kuhlmann. <br />Tom D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16005219519644708237noreply@blogger.com