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APPENDIX Z34: Punctuated equilibrium*
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:42 pm.
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APPENDIX Z34: Punctuated equilibrium* from Wikipedia “Punctuated equilibrium (also called punctuated equilibria) is a theory in evolutionary biology which proposes that most species will exhibit little net evolutionary change for most of their geological history, remaining in an extended state called stasis. When signicant evolutionary change occurs, the theory proposes that it is generally restricted […]
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APPENDIX Z33: The Red Queen Hypothesis
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:40 pm.
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APPENDIX Z33: The Red Queen Hypothesis Classic application to evolution: from Wikipedia* a “The Red Queen’s Hypothesis, also referred to as Red Queen, Red Queen’s race or Red Queen Eect, is an evolutionary hypothesis. The term is taken from the Red Queen’s race in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and involves the Red Queen and […]
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APPENDIX Z32: Aesthetic Elegance
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:37 pm.
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APPENDIX Z32: Aesthetic Elegance After multi-day discussion/debate at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, Upstate, NY as to the sine qua non (~the necessary aspect) of a powerful metaphysics, the consensus emerged that since metaphysics (by its innite nature and ambition) does not lend itself to formal scientic proof, its aesthetic elegance indeed emerges as perhaps its key […]
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APPENDIX Z31: Simple v. Simplistic
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:35 pm.
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APPENDIX Z31: Simple v. Simplistic Metaphysicians and scientists like their theories simple yet sophisticated. Thus, Einstein’s iconic Theory of Relativity, E=MC 2 is simple, but highly sophisticated. Many theories and laws of physics follow this general paradigm: Simple, yet sophisticated. Now in our little realm of metaphysics, we posit that Q4P ∞ is simple, yet […]
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APPENDIX Z30: Schopenhauer v. Birnbaum
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:34 pm.
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APPENDIX Z30: Schopenhauer v. Birnbaum from Wikipedia* “Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufcient Reason, which examined the four separate manifestations of reason in the […]
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APPENDIX Z29: Occam’s Razor
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:32 pm.
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APPENDIX Z29: Occam’s Razor “Occam’s razor (also written as Ockham’s razor, Latin lex parsimoniae) is the law of parsimony, economy or succinctness. It is a principle urging one to select among competing hypotheses that which makes the fewest assumptions and thereby offers the simplest explanation of the effect.”* Summa offers a so-to-speak ‘simple’, but purportedly […]
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APPENDIX Z28: Theory of Everything* (in Physics)
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:31 pm.
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APPENDIX Z28: Theory of Everything* (in Physics) “A theory of everything (TOE) or nal theory is a putative theory of theoretical physics that fully explains and links together all known physical phenomena, and predicts the outcome of any experiment that could be carried out in principle. Many candidate theories of everything (in physics) have been […]
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APPENDIX Z27: Multiverse Theory
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:27 pm.
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APPENDIX Z27: Multiverse Theory Multiverse is a theory in physics. It is not a classic metaphysics overarching the gamut of elds of knowledge. So, for instance, as regards the classic question as to where our universe came from, if one proposes as an answer that it is part of – or a “daughter of” – […]
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APPENDIX Z26: String Theory and ‘Provability’
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:26 pm.
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APPENDIX Z26: String Theory and ‘Provability’ String Theory is a contender for the “theory of everything in physics.” After 40 years of intense effort (and failure) by String Theory advocates to make predictions which can denitively be tested by experiment, String Theory is nevertheless essentially accepted by its many and often quite-eminent scientic community proponents […]
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APPENDIX Z25: Where is the Divine?
Published on 24 Jun 2016 at 1:24 pm.
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APPENDIX Z25: Where is the Divine? Metaphysical challenge: Choose from these multiple choice options: a) Nowhere b) Up there / Separate from us c) Here d) Here, and it encompasses all / We are part of It – and integral to It. Summa rejects (a) and (b), agrees with (c) but embraces (d). The author […]
