tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post114321011841976030..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Imagining modality, resisting with supervenienceRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1143397199388636842006-03-26T13:19:00.000-05:002006-03-26T13:19:00.000-05:00I don't know, Clark. I take the measurement parad...I don't know, Clark. I take the measurement paradox to be saying that there's more to QM than this sort of ontological chance.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851240963321295307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1143228698756165502006-03-24T14:31:00.000-05:002006-03-24T14:31:00.000-05:00The advantage of ontological chance is that it sur...The advantage of ontological chance is that it sure makes QM make a lot more sense...Clark Goblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876620613578404474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1143215386941868842006-03-24T10:49:00.000-05:002006-03-24T10:49:00.000-05:00I think this raises interesting questions about th...I think this raises interesting questions about this notion of objective chance and whether it really adds anything to a world which is otherwise one of classical determinism. Ex-post, how do we know there really were all those possibilities?<BR/><BR/>And of course our intuitive sense of modality (rightly or wrongly) extends beyond objective chance. You've discussed this before in earlier posts. Metaphysical possibility seems to out-run nomological possibility (where we take the latter to imply laws of nature as we traditionally understand them - deterministic).Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851240963321295307noreply@blogger.com