Author Archives: Jeffrey Williams

Sean Carroll and the Naivety of Mathematical Reductionism

This a response to a short YouTube clip: The originating quantum physicists, such as Wigner, Heisenberg, and Bohr, for example, were strong enough to face and deal with the philosophical dilemmas that arose from their observations and discoveries. In Heisenberg’s “The Representation of Nature in Contemporary Physics”, which was a response to Heidegger’s “The QuestionContinue reading “Sean Carroll and the Naivety of Mathematical Reductionism”

Response to a Christian Nationalist on the Totalitarian Nature of Metaphysics

This is from a closed-group online discussion with a Christian Nationalist concerning the totalitarian nature of the metaphysical framework of Christianity. Due to the non-public nature of the conversation, I present only my response. This first response focuses on your first few paragraphs concerning the nature of totalitarianism, Because of the excessive length of theContinue reading “Response to a Christian Nationalist on the Totalitarian Nature of Metaphysics”

Toward a Philosophy for the Quantum Age

This is an introductory thought on the need for a new philosophy for the quantum age, in response to this question to me on Twitter: Isolated quantum systems observed in their eigenstates appear to be in thermal equilibrium because their momentum/energy has been transferred. What links the moments? What is the link here, between quantumContinue reading “Toward a Philosophy for the Quantum Age”

Response to a question on Twitter: What is a Universe.

This is a response to this thread on Twitter: https://x.com/whigbobkendrick/status/1743844383714165074?s=61&t=uHGWh-oiEnXu09KtKoJkFA As I mentioned before, I am writing a book on the modest topic: what is a universe? Universe is the real scope of your thinking here, so I will start with a few remarks on that topic. We are accustomed to thinking of a universeContinue reading “Response to a question on Twitter: What is a Universe.”

Part 2: Response to Dr D on the Question of Creatio ex Nihilo

This is a response to Dr D’s comments on the prior post. Response to a Question on Twitter Concerning Creatio Ex Nihilo I’ll quickly note where we seem to agree: We are fundamentally quantum beings in quantum relationship with the rest of reality. This enables free will as a function of quantum indeterminacy Our universe isContinue reading “Part 2: Response to Dr D on the Question of Creatio ex Nihilo”

Response to a Question on Twitter Concerning Creatio Ex Nihilo

This is my response to a fundamentally important question from the Twitter handle Dr.D. “The idea that no time, no information and no mathematic(s) exists outside of ST (spacetime) is an argument for creation ex nihilo, isn’t it?” It would be easy for me to simply say no, not necessarily, but it wouldn’t be aContinue reading “Response to a Question on Twitter Concerning Creatio Ex Nihilo”

Transcript for YouTube response to Craig Reed on Immaterial Objects and Atheism

Craig Reed video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iUWV1zBrh5Y&feature=sharec My video: https://youtu.be/x2GYy-HjVn0 The Christian apologist and thinker Craig Reid posted a video a few months ago of which I have only recently become aware. Titled “What is the Status of Immaterial Objects Given Atheism”, he presents a challenge to the twenty or so smartest atheist thinkers, of which he includesContinue reading “Transcript for YouTube response to Craig Reed on Immaterial Objects and Atheism”

Response to Fr. MacMillan on Fundamental Existence and Knowledge

This is my response to the all-important question posed by Father Adam MacMillan on social media – a medium insufficient to a proper response. Fr. MacMillan asked: “No it doesn’t have meaning at the quantum level, but why is the quantum level the fundamental level? What if the fundamental level is the human level, andContinue reading “Response to Fr. MacMillan on Fundamental Existence and Knowledge”

Worldview, Explanation, and Value-Proposition: A Heideggerian view of SJ Thomason’s essay

Worldview. Explanation. Value Proposition. These are the themes of a recent essay and video by the apologist, SJ Thomason, titled: “What Does Atheism Have to Offer? The Atheist Value Proposition”. https://christian-apologist.com/2023/02/10/what-does-atheism-have-to-offer-the-atheist-value-proposition/ Instead of countering her claims, examples, and arguments, all of which have already been done to exhaustion, I aim to look at the foundationContinue reading “Worldview, Explanation, and Value-Proposition: A Heideggerian view of SJ Thomason’s essay”

Response to Robert C Koons: The Quantum Revolution and the Reconciliation of Science and Humanism

This is a response to an essay by Robert C Koons that was recently reproduced in a collection entitled: The Hard Labor of Christian Apologetics. (1) The essay by itself is available here: http://robkoons.net/uploads/1/3/5/2/135276253/koons_quantum_revolution_v2.docx Robert C Koons is a professor of philosophy and Christian apologist. Note I did not include philosopher on that list, asContinue reading “Response to Robert C Koons: The Quantum Revolution and the Reconciliation of Science and Humanism”

Response to a Young Christian Concerned with the Loss of Meaning and Essence

This is a response to a Twitter conversation concerning metaphysics and authenticity that was too long to post there: It’s interesting that we are looking at the same problem but from different perspectives. In such situations it’s sometimes possible for each to learn from the other. The problem in focus here is the loss ofContinue reading “Response to a Young Christian Concerned with the Loss of Meaning and Essence”

Continuation with Our Young Metaphysician: Concept, Metaphor, and Tigers

If we keep in mind I am referring only to poetic metaphor, we should see it is the opposite of a concept. A concept results from a process of abstraction from messy sense data. It removes all that confusion to create a few defining principles. The removal of that messiness of sense data gives aContinue reading “Continuation with Our Young Metaphysician: Concept, Metaphor, and Tigers”