Platt Holden (pholden@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:23:29 +0100
Hi Hugo:
Hugo wrote:
> And Platt gave a long and thorough reply to me (thanks Platt) which I
have
> not yet fully understood, but which made me see, that it is not the
> principle itself: "It is impossible to refute that Quality is reality
> without asserting a value", which I dislike, but the fact that the
> principle is called "Proof". A proof is essentially a referral of a
> proposition to a set of axioms (a set of obvious or just presumed
> statements) in a consistent (logical) system, establishing the
proposition
> as a deduction from the axioms (as far as I understand). There is no
proof
> for the system itself, no proof for the axioms and no proof for the
logic,
> and we might agree that making a proof is a special form of valuation.
The
> MoQ or something like it may establish itself as a better way of
> understanding ourself and our world, but saying that it can be proven to
be
> better is the same as saying that it is only part of some larger system,
-
> and then we need a proof for that system. Or?
I've taken your words, "There is no proof of the system itself, no proof
for the axioms and no proof for the logic and we might agree that making a
proof is a special form of valuation," retyped them, blown them up and
pasted them to the wall above my computer. I need to be constantly reminded
that it's always possible that whatever I believe could be wrong, indeed,
that the MoQ itself could be no more significant than a passing breeze.
Whenever I think I have all the answers (which I'm loath to admit happens
frequently), I hope to have the presence of mind to reread your words.
Yes "Proof" should be scratched as a description of the principle and
"Logical Evidence" substituted. Then it becomes obvious that it's not a
principle but a gratuitous comment, as Diana suspected all along.
Thanks Hugo!
Platt
Catch 28: The only thing certain about the Uncertainty Principle is its
uncertainty.
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