From: antonio callari (antonio.callari@FANDM.EDU)
Date: Tue Jan 03 2006 - 18:51:15 EST
Thank you, Ian (and Paul too!). I'll try to sift through the substantive points you make about quantum mechanics (on which it may indeed turn out that i am wrong). (The specter of Sokal doesn't bother me in this discussion; I am not trying to pull off anything other than to use what I understand--and I think I acknowledged--if not, I should have--my limited knowledge on these matters). Antonio >Hi Antonio > >I think it weakens your agument because it seems irrelevant, like >pulling a rabbit from a hat. It's well documented by Sokal etc. how >postmodernist theorists have used various popularizations of quantum >mechanics to add authority to irrealist arguments. I think you >arguments stand on their own without the additional appeal to quantum >mechanics. > >I read the New York Times article you mentioned. I do not understand >how it could be read as evidence of the mind-dependence of reality. >Rather, it seems to be an ongoing debate within physics of the meaning >and adequacy of quantum mechanics. The Copenhagen interpretation, >although influential, is not universally held. I think we should let >the physicists work through their conceputal difficulties. Jerry's >agnosticism is a healthy attitude. > >-Ian. -- Antonio Callari Sigmund M. and Mary B. Hyman Professor of Economics F&M Local Economy Center P.O. Box 3003 713 College Avenue Lancaster PA 17604-3003 e-mail: acallari@fandm.edu phone: (717) 291-3947 FAX: (717) 291-4369
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