[ontolog-forum] Scientific American: What is Real? Ontology, Physics, Me

["Obrst, Leo J." <lobrst@xxxxxxxxx>]

You probably saw it. A very interesting article by Meinard Kuhlmann this month: “What is Real?” Intersection of physics and metaphysics, with of course ontology along for the defining ride. You may or may not be able to access it at: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=physicists-debate-whether-world-made-of-particles-fields-or-something-else.

 

Are there really particles and fields? Or ontic structural realism? Or reality as bundles of properties, tropes? Good read, given that our concerns have hit the big popular mags.

 

Thanks,

Leo

 

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