Re: The Attack on Truth - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted by Grant Holland on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/The-Attack-on-Truth-The-Chronicle-of-Higher-Education-tp7586189p7586192.html

Thanks, Frank. Great article.

This is reminiscent of the philosophical issue of the ontological vs the epistemological that has been all over quantum theory for some time now. This is the whole issue raised by the uncertainty principle. In quantum theory it seems to be framed by the question of "what exists?" (the "ontic") vs "what can be know?", or "what can we reliably measure" (the "epistemic"). This issue is address in QM by "the quantum theory of measurement", and is a basic topic in QM. There's a very good article on this by a philosopher of science investigator named Harald Atmanspacher, entitled "Determinism is Ontic, Determinability is Epistemic". It can be obtained here from the PhilSci Arhive web site.

Good reading,
Grant

On 6/8/15 7:19 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:

Philosophy haters do not read the linked article.  It mentions Andy Norman.  He is a member of the faculty at Carnegie Mellon, in the department where I used to work.  My daughter was a friend of his when they were in high school in the 1980s.  I am old.

Frank

http://m.chronicle.com/article/The-Attack-on-Truth/230631/

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