Maartenn100 general theories of physics & philosophy - Part II

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Posted By:Agatha

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Originally Posted by Darwin123 (Post 11130793) This may belong more to a philosophy forum than a science forum. However, the OP title seems to imply an overlap between science and philosophy. Therefore, I conjecture that you are really want to discuss the boundary between ‘pure’ science (positivism) and ‘pure’ philosophy (phenomenology). So I googled ‘Machs principle’ (physics) and phenomenology (philosophy). What I found was an interesting controversy regarding Mach (physicist) and Husseri (philosopher). Maybe there is an internal contradiction to your questions that bothers other people. There is supposedly a conflict between positivism and phenomenology. However, there may also be an overlap. The large scale structure of the universe can fit into a reductionist strategy of investigation. I found an abstract to an article that may help characterize the problem. Link with paywall http://ift.tt/1QLetqO ‘Abstract: How do we reconcile Husserl’s repeated criticism of Mach’s phenomenalism almost everywhere in his work with the leading role that Husserl seems to attribute to Mach in the genesis of his own phenomenology? To answer this question, we shall examine, first, the narrow relation that Husserl establishes between his phenomenological method and Mach’s descriptivism. … Our working hypothesis is that the apparent contradictory comments of Husserl regarding Mach’s positivism can be partially explained by the double status he confers to his own phenomenology—as a philosophical program radically opposed to positivism, and as a method akin to Mach’s descriptivism.’ I haven't gone over the paywall. However, the abstract is informative enough. I think you aretaking a Husseri-type position while most of the respondents are taking a Mach-like position. Does this help? :)

Thank you for your feedback about Husserl' and Mach.
In my opinion it's sometimes difficult to see a pure boundary between some concepts in theoretical physics and philosophy. These days, concepts in physics are also a subject to philosophers. The category 'theoretical physical concept' and the category 'philosophy' are sometimes not so seperated. The answer from theoretical physics (i.c. relativity of time and observers) touches the deep philosophical questions philosophers have about the universe.

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