Mon 19 Oct, 2009 09:56 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;98581]A theory may be about what is concrete. But that does not make the theroy itself a concrete object. You have to distinguish between what the theory is of, and the theory... (view)
Mon 19 Oct, 2009 12:42 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;97076]Of course, theories are abstract. What else would they be? (I do not know what you mean by saying that a theory is concrete). But why would the fact that a theory is... (view)
Mon 19 Oct, 2009 12:19 pm - [QUOTE=arthur mann;97353]hey skeptic absolution: i am also a major sceptic...i joined to see if anyone can help me with a quandary...if humans are a part of nature and evolution et al, why should... (view)
Mon 12 Oct, 2009 09:22 pm - This is actually a semi-debate in physics. Whether the physical theories are reality or an abstraction of reality. It seems physics gets to the point where people are confident to say it is... (view)
Mon 12 Oct, 2009 09:13 pm - I know Descartes and Hume really wondered if they could justify anything outside of themselves. There is that whole brain in a vat kind of thought experiment. I have always wondered what fully... (view)
Tue 6 Oct, 2009 11:39 am - Welcome to the forum! I am a fake programmer, which means I do HTML lol. But every now and again I break down and do some Java or even pHp script which is similiar. What kind of programming have... (view)
Tue 6 Oct, 2009 11:32 am - Welcome! As jgweed said you probably will get different answers, and also probably you will get answers from every perspective. The hard part is keeping the conversation on track lol. (view)
