Discovery vs Disclosure
October 27th, 2007, search relatedRelated posts :: Discovery vs Disclosure :: [epistemology] Discovery vs Disclosure :: Discovery vs Disclosure* :: Discovery vs Disclosure*
In a message dated 10/27/2007 6:20:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jPolanik at nc.rr.com writes:
yes, it takes considerable apparatus to observe a subatomic particle;
but, the question is: does the particle disclose itself or does the
physicist discover its properties?
how can a particle disclose its dynamic properties (eg its spin) when
those properties don’t even have definite values in between
observations of that property?
did the number 3 disclose itself as a prime number; or, did some ancient
mathematician discover that three was a prime number?
Joe
Joe;
I cannot believe what I am reading here, ie., that an object discloses
itself. That is certainly a magical animistic notion! It violates the function of
the sensorium and empirical perception insofar as the object “discloses itself”
when what took place is an unconscious (empathic) projection into what
appears to be self-asertive. Accordingly, it may be said that such projection
especially applies to the non-molar circumstance of sub-atomic particles or the
unconscious and endopsychic object that has only a predisposition or *facultas
praeformandi* to appearance or form. Both projections are, as such, outside the
range of empirical affirmation. This may also be true of much astronomical
cosmological speculation, eg., black holes, dark matter, etc.
Bernard
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