[FRIAM] models, reality, etc.

[Nick Thompson]

Wow.  It's all those things at once!  

 

REALLY?!!!!!

 

What a great example!

 

Let me try and put it into words.  The nominalist would like to say “There is no real pattern there, it just depends on how you want to look at it.”  The realist would like to say, “Nonsense.  The patterns appear when you take into account the point of view of the observer.  Anybody who cares to take that point of view, adopt that procedure, etc., will see each pattern.  They are real patterns.”  

 

How do you understand it, Dave? 

 

Nick

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

 

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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Prof David West
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2019 11:53 AM
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Subject: [FRIAM] models, reality, etc.

 

This popped up elsewhere and I thought the FRIAM group might find it interesting. I had not heard of "statistical equivalence" before. The GIF recalled to mind previous conversations about Reality (which is "real:" the dots, the triangles, the squares, ...?); models; interpretations (ala Copenhagen); even Nick's Natural Design.

 

davew

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