>Erick Antezana schrieb:
>> Ingvar,
>>
>> are there any articles or books that could be pointed out regarding
>> those issues (time/space is physical)?
>>
>> thanks,
>> erick
>>
>
>Tell me a little more about what you are looking for, and then I will
>come back. By the way, I didn't make the point that "time/space is
>physical", which I happen to believe is false, even though General
>Relativity may be taken to imply such a view (i.e., space-time is a
>mass-energy field, and physical things are nothing else than lumps of
>mass-energy). My point is rather that if you think a little more in tune
>with common sense, classical physics, and molecular biology (which I
>think is much more relevant for today's information sciences than GR) (01)
Agreed. (02)
>then it seems natural to regard property instances as being
>spatiotemporally located without regarding them as in themselves being
>physical entities. (03)
But with the greatest respect, this is a
particular view. Others take the view that
properties and their instances are never
themselves located, even though the individuals
to which they apply may be. I don't mean to start
a debate here, only to indicate that one should
not expect to find a universally agreed consensus
on this. (04)
Pat Hayes (05)
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