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Originally Posted by ldsoftwaresteve
Modest:I think the disconnect between the two of you is right here in the statement, 'Where a physics theory hints at some ontology'. Unless I'm completely mistaken, a physics theory is an interpretation of the ontology.
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Sure there's a difference between hinting at ontology and interpreting ontology - I'm sure science does both.
You give me the opportunity to point out everyone's apparent assumption that I believe laws of physics are somehow real in and of themselves - is completely wrong. I've said again and again that physics describes reality and informs ontology. For whatever reason (I have my theories) people take this to believe I see no difference between the two.
OFF TOPIC - in any case
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Originally Posted by ldsoftwaresteve
In other words, something exists of which we are aware. We build a theory to explain it. The theory doesn't create or change the ontology of it, it just attempts to describe it. So, in a very real sense, isn't a theory just a metaphor that attempts to describe some ontology?
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Start a thread and let's get this ball rolling.
~modest
