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”
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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 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”
Too Late for the Gods 