Thu 17 Dec, 2009 04:36 am - [QUOTE=Theaetetus;112027]There is an objective complete reality, and Ortega would definitely agree, but what he is saying is that there is no way that anyone can observe this. Every perspective... (view)
Wed 16 Dec, 2009 01:29 pm - [QUOTE=salima;111777]how cool! i never would have thought anyone learned portuguese...
hey bones, where you been? glad to sewe you around again, you made me laugh already!:lol:[/QUOTE]
Ha ha!... (view)
Wed 16 Dec, 2009 06:03 am - [QUOTE=salima;111622]
how much difference is there between spanish and portuguese? i can only guess there couldnt possibly be two portuguese speakers who have replied, so they must be speaking... (view)
Wed 16 Dec, 2009 05:55 am - [QUOTE=jeeprs;111655]But Ortega is not in the business of explaining phenomena. That is what [I]you[/I] do. Ortega, being a philosopher, is a critic of experience. Not of phenomena. If he wanted to... (view)
Tue 15 Dec, 2009 05:53 pm - [QUOTE=jeeprs;111586]I am interested in this idea of the 'observer-independent reality'. I think this is the subject of the OP. We assume that it exists and is kind of a touchstone for... (view)
Tue 15 Dec, 2009 04:05 pm - There are many processes by which matter (particles) can be created. Pair-creation involves a photon of radiation decaying into an electron or positron. Beta decay involves a proton or neutron... (view)
Tue 15 Dec, 2009 09:44 am - [QUOTE=xris;111465]Mass is the visible incarnation of energy , if you look to closely the energy becomes invisible. It seems we can invent our own theories from our imagination and the imagined... (view)
Tue 15 Dec, 2009 02:34 am - [QUOTE=prothero;111409]
In quantum mechanics "particles" only appear when making certain kinds of measurements. Even then the "particle" position and momentum can not be... (view)
Mon 14 Dec, 2009 03:44 pm - [QUOTE=Theaetetus;111323]The fog is irrelevant. All it is, is a part of the landscape. The fog doesn't hinder your view, the fog is a part your view of scenery--thus it would be a part of the... (view)
