Post by glindstedt on May 18, 2015 1:05:05 GMT
Question 1: Why is understanding physics and the general rules of the universe so important in doing philosophy?
Answer: As Bohr put it," It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature"(Quantum Weirdness 23). It is important to understand physics, because quantum mechanics and the study of matter wouldn't be possible without both philosophy and physics. One example of how these two disciplines are dependent upon each other is from the book Quantum Weirdness, which is rolling dice. We need philosophy to logically determine how many rolls it will take to get two sixes when rolling a pair of dice. We need physics however to determine the actual data as what is actually occurring to make a definite or factual statement as to how many attempts it might take to roll two sixes. Physics is what confirms Philosophy and without one of the disciplines, the study of the physical universe, matter, and modern science becomes compromised.
Question 2: What is Eliminative Materialism?
Answer: According to the youtube.com clip part one, "Once someone has gone through Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, and Sociology then it is said that God did it"(eliminative materialism part one). In part two of the video it states that, "When we advanced in Astronomy, Medicine, and Physics it changed the way we thought about what is occurring in the human body and in the universe. For instance instead of blaming disease on ghosts, we turned and looked at bacterium and viral infections"(part 2). One example of eliminative materialism is the central nervous system, which can be explained through physiology instead of making up lies about what is really going on in the human body. Another example is how technology has corrupted young children's lives so much so that if a parents income was to lower and the parents couldn't afford an iPhone for there kids anymore. The children would be less interested in there parents loss of a job and more concerned with there cheap new phone. The third example is comedians, because they are more financially stable and less smart then someone who is poverty stricken and intelligent.
Answer: As Bohr put it," It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature"(Quantum Weirdness 23). It is important to understand physics, because quantum mechanics and the study of matter wouldn't be possible without both philosophy and physics. One example of how these two disciplines are dependent upon each other is from the book Quantum Weirdness, which is rolling dice. We need philosophy to logically determine how many rolls it will take to get two sixes when rolling a pair of dice. We need physics however to determine the actual data as what is actually occurring to make a definite or factual statement as to how many attempts it might take to roll two sixes. Physics is what confirms Philosophy and without one of the disciplines, the study of the physical universe, matter, and modern science becomes compromised.
Question 2: What is Eliminative Materialism?
Answer: According to the youtube.com clip part one, "Once someone has gone through Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, and Sociology then it is said that God did it"(eliminative materialism part one). In part two of the video it states that, "When we advanced in Astronomy, Medicine, and Physics it changed the way we thought about what is occurring in the human body and in the universe. For instance instead of blaming disease on ghosts, we turned and looked at bacterium and viral infections"(part 2). One example of eliminative materialism is the central nervous system, which can be explained through physiology instead of making up lies about what is really going on in the human body. Another example is how technology has corrupted young children's lives so much so that if a parents income was to lower and the parents couldn't afford an iPhone for there kids anymore. The children would be less interested in there parents loss of a job and more concerned with there cheap new phone. The third example is comedians, because they are more financially stable and less smart then someone who is poverty stricken and intelligent.