Ponderings of science, philosophy, history, society, and many other topics
(Warning: spoilers) Back in November I watched the first season of The Peripheral on Amazon. It's science fiction based on a book by William Gibson. If you're familiar with Gibson's works then you'll have an idea of what to expect, a work of cyberpunk, a genre he basically pioneered. I find Gibson's writing difficult, but … Continue reading The Peripheral
Well, we've almost got another one on the books. 2022 was a year where work kept getting busier, which has had further suppressive effects on my blogging frequency. I also had some personal issues. One I alluded to with the security post in October, and with which I'm still dealing with some aftereffects. Another has … Continue reading Merry Christmas
In the last post, I pondered the idea that the real difference between a realist and anti-realist stance toward a scientific theory is about how broad or narrow the scope of the theory might be, about it's domain of applicability. An anti-realist takes a narrower view on scope; such as that the theory can be … Continue reading The debate between phenomenal realism and illusionism, and the scope of perceptual properties
I've been thinking again about the realism vs anti-realism debate, about what scientific theories actually tell us about the world. Historically in the philosophy of science, the debate is between realists, who see scientific theories being at least an approximate representation of reality, and instrumentalists or anti-realists, who see those theories as mere prediction frameworks … Continue reading The debate between scientific realism and anti-realism seems like it’s about theory scope
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