@philipthrift--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2fb34a28-8312-4d8f-920c-67afedeb9929%40googlegroups.com.
On 9 Aug 2019, at 22:27, Philip Thrift <cloud...@gmail.com> wrote:The Right StuffNed MarkosianThings are also known as “objects” and “entities,” and stuff is also known as“matter” and “material.”This paper argues for including stuff in one’s ontology. The distinctionbetween things and stuff is first clarified, and then three different ontologiesof the physical universe are spelled out: a pure thing ontology, a pure stuffontology, and a mixed ontology of both things and stuff. (The paper defendsthe latter.) Eleven different reasons for including stuff (in addition to things)in one’s ontology are given (seven of which the author endorses and four ofwhich would be sensible reasons for philosophers with certain metaphysicalpositions that the author does not happen to hold). Then five objections topositing stuff are considered and rejected.Honest and clear defence of stuff!. I appreciate his distinction between things and stuff.So with mechanism, we can say: many things no stuff!(Many things like numbers, machines, persons, physical objects, physical experiences, etc.),Feel free to defend any of the eleven reason he gave. Up to now (I read slowly) I am not convinced.I am more sure that 2+2=4 than of the existence of plumb, .. not mentioning the existence of a plumber !Bruno
2+2=4 is a heuristic of mathematical language. Useful for us, but not "real" like a plum-eating experience.
Language bewilders us, and thus we talk and write and think of things, but it's the plum stuff that matters.
@philipthrift--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/11e53032-aca1-4728-a637-d4183865559d%40googlegroups.com.
@philipthrift--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/4308b5bd-ace8-4dd3-8a95-5f55538abe12%40googlegroups.com.
@philipthrift--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b0b23224-8f9c-49a3-8afd-fd0c96c9366f%40googlegroups.com.
etc.@philipthfift
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/71589961-d7f0-4947-ae6c-aac83e8ae3c1%40googlegroups.com.