Realism Definition and 66 Threads

Non-spatial resolution of quanta (split off from "Local realism ruled out?") I have taken the liberty of creating a new thread since this sub-discussion in https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=2561841&posted=1" had diverged a bit from the OP. You distinguish two isomorphic...

Thank you for the suggestion. I should say this is the first thread I am starting since I joined physics forums four years ago. So this thread has branched from another one -"Photon entanglement and fair sampling assumption". I noted there that, on the one hand, so far no experiments...

In this thread I would like to start a debate on realism at the macroscopic level. To some of you this may be an issue that looks so trivial that it doesn't make any sense to try to talk about it. It is my hope that you still may be interested in making some comment, especially if someone else...

I have been walking around with the notion that "quantum entanglement implies a sort causal relationship due to the states having a shared history". I am now not so sure that this is correct. When I talk about entanglement, I use the argument that the preparation of the entangled state...

Ethics are our theories on morals, and morals are what we should do. But why do we need ethics? The human being is a living organism, and we have to choose between life and death. Maintaining life depends on certain actions. It is the existence of life that gives rise to values, because it is...

Against "realism" Ok, no problem. That's not a problem, once I indeed favour a Bohmian interpretation. What he describes as naive (out of memory, once we start a new thread about it, I would have to reread it) is naive if taken as an axiom. EPR argue that this special situation...

Sam Harris, in The End of Faith, argues that morality is a kind of science. He says that “the fact that people of different times and cultures disagree about ethical questions should not trouble us. It suggests nothing at all about the status of moral truth.” He continues: Imagine what it...

I didn't know where to post this. It seems a bit week on science for the forums. I had this idea in for a role playing group I am in on myspace. Anyways the story is that I am in charge of the martian space navy and this is supposedly our newest weapon to use against the "space Nazis." It...

"Against" Realism Travis Norsen has written an article entitled "Against Realism". In it, he argues that the phrase "local realism" is not meaningful. Against Realism (2006) Abstract: "We examine the prevalent use of the phrase “local realism” in the context of Bell’s Theorem and...

How can the materialistic viewpoint be defended from the following attacks: 1) Local interactions vs. spooky action at a distance: Action at a distance suggests non-material interaction. 2) Descriptive laws vs. prescriptive laws: Prescriptive laws are non-material entities, and this is a...

The problem with the term ‘absolutism’ are the connotations of totalitarianism and non-revisability. Moral realism on the other hand, is the realism of scientific realism. What is real is what science says is real. Granted, what was once considered real no longer is, and what is considered...

Mathematical expression of Bell's "local realism" I have started this thread to continue a discussion with NateTG that was starting to get a bit off-topic there. I will repeat the base comment and then reply to NateTG's last comment. I would invite anyone interested to please join in...

Moral realism is the doctrine that there are true sentences that contain moral predicates that accurately describe the real world. Perhaps the strongest argument for investigating the possibility of moral realism is that the alternative is not pleasant to contemplate. Isn’t it true that it is...

I will split this post so to make it easier to reply, if needed. I. Background ============= The EPR Paradox (1935) left the scientific community in a divided state. Some saw QM, even then a successful theory, as the likely victor in the debate over realism. But many remained unconvinced...

Do you think that the "ultimate reality of existence" will be related to or will have a social theme? By "reality" I mean in terms of the ultimate source of causation of the things we see today as reality. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I apologize...

By who you hate, by this are you truly know. Frank Herbert There are three main schools of thought I can count here that are frequently at odds with one another: 1)Realism 2)Idealism 3)Mysticism Anyone care to take a stab at describing the rudamentary schools of thought here...