tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post7838093339537065503..comments2024-01-16T09:31:45.073-04:00Comments on Anderson Brown's Philosophy Blog: Metaphysics and methodAnderson Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358008464457746997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-75254691786066135522010-10-13T15:00:13.192-04:002010-10-13T15:00:13.192-04:00Some interesting (and numerous!) thoughts there. U...Some interesting (and numerous!) thoughts there. Unfortunately I don't currently have much time to respond, but I'll leave a few musings anyway. They concern part (though quite a general part) of your article.<br /><br />To me, metaphysics and physics are essentially approaching the same problem from two opposing perspectives. Physics looks at the universe (or more generally reality) from the perspective of explaining all phenomena as the consequence of fundamental and fixed laws of nature. Metaphysics, as I see it, tries to decide what is the most sensible way of thinking about reality and existence. Closely related at the mathematics fields of recursion and complexity theory, which can sometimes be a more rigorous way of looking at metaphysics.<br /><br />In any case, I think that both fields have their own very worthy places in modern intellectual thought. It is my view that some day the two will merge and the views (or laws) of each will be forced to reconcile. Metaphysics and physics will merge into one (I hesitate to say one will merge into the other) and if you are to distinguish them at all, perhaps physics is more apt to explaining the empirical and reductionist aspects of the universe and metaphysics the holistic and emergent ones. Still, I hardly think the boundary should be so clear. Our labeling of the disciplines of physics and metaphysics are indeed somewhat arbitrary; even now physics blurs with chemistry, and chemistry with biology, and so forth.Noldorinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729604801591094046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-46476658973053353372010-10-03T04:50:34.429-04:002010-10-03T04:50:34.429-04:00An enjoyable read and nice to see you contextualis...An enjoyable read and nice to see you contextualising a discipline which does for all intents and purposes, seem to be destined to labour under the weight of its very own substance. The heavier and more hard hitting and complex the narrative, the less time the plebian world we live in will spend digesting it. I commend your thoughts and will be back to read more of your musingssoberpaddyhttp://www.soberpaddy.comnoreply@blogger.com