There is the idea of the supernatural world that somehow interacts and intervenes in the natural world, and there is the notion that the world of the spirit is very much a part of the natural world. If there is an intersection then I would say it can be observed, and if it can be observed it can be...
I read her newest post twice. Her argument follows from her assumptions. She believes in Materialism and she believes that she can extrapolate from electrons and protons to human beings using simple either-or logic. So as a scientist you think extrapolation from a subsystem to a larger system has n...
Here is a physicist claiming science is on her side. Judge for yourselves ... assuming anyone cares ... :) And your reply Ron What do you expect. She is a materialist. Of course she doesn't believe in free will. What I can't understand is why she is loyal to a theory that is so obviously wrong. A t...
When I do suggest philosophically minded physicists like Sabine who actually tackles the problem head on ... we have a simple dismissal of the issue using the word materialist . Do we not? Here are a couple more of her blogs on free will from the theoretical physicist: http://backreaction.blogspot.c...
I was reminded by Andreas's Don't need luck ... of a quote by Galen Strawson Luck swallows everything. And looking it up came across this piece by G Strawson: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/dfwVariousStrawsonG.html In it he points out a Kantian point of view ... Kant is a famous example of a philosop...
Erm... Sigh... So because we know that our bodies are composed of chemicals we understand reality... I dont know... Might be a sufficient answer for you. But try to understand what others are saying also. Sure there is no ghost in the machine but then again there is no machine without a ghost. And ...
Here is my take Ron. Materialism is real whether it is the only reality I don't know. Having said that our access to our material reality is limited and often (if not always) that reality is not what it seems. So in that sense, the material is illusory as well. I will go back to my favorite metaphor...