Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 21, 2019Replying to @Aelkus and @ChiliandgarlicNancy Cartwright has argued that there are no fundamental laws as such. Only phenomenological/ constitutive12
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 21, 2019Replying to @vgr @Aelkus and @Chiliandgarlicen.m.wikipedia.orgNancy Cartwright (philosopher) - Wikipedia1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 21, 2019Replying to @vgr @Aelkus and @Chiliandgarlic“All laws are contingent” is probably my minimalist Hume++ epistemology. But inventions can be absolute. Therefore engineers are higher status than mathematicians or scientists. QED This is Rao’s law and theorem 😎12
Mike Elias @harmonylion1·Sep 21, 2019Replying to @vgr @Aelkus and @Chiliandgarlic“Laws are contingent, inventions are absolute” is a great argument for asking “how can we do x” by default rather than “can we do x”1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReading Rovelli’s Time Out of Order, I’m now persuaded time isn’t real.3:00 AM · Sep 21, 20192 Likes