2014
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-014-9349-z
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Beyond Physics? On the Prospects of Finding a Meaningful Oracle

Abstract: Certain enterprises at the fringes of science, such as intelligent design creationism, claim to identify phenomena that go beyond not just our present physics but any possible physical explanation. Asking what it would take for such a claim to succeed, we introduce a version of physicalism that formulates the proposition that all available data sets are best explained by combinations of "chance and necessity"-algorithmic rules and randomness. Physicalism would then be violated by the existence of oracles that … Show more

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“…On the other hand, if we appeal to some future finalised physics, then our ignorance of this future theory translates to an ignorance of the ontology of physicalism" [249] (p. 646). Tarner Edis and Maarten Boundry have proposed a solution to Hempel's dilemma using computational theory [250]. They claim that a computational process within the Church-Turing limit is natural and that one beyond the Church-Turing limit (a hypercomputational process) would be supernatural.…”
Section: Hempel's Dilemma and The Computational Universementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…On the other hand, if we appeal to some future finalised physics, then our ignorance of this future theory translates to an ignorance of the ontology of physicalism" [249] (p. 646). Tarner Edis and Maarten Boundry have proposed a solution to Hempel's dilemma using computational theory [250]. They claim that a computational process within the Church-Turing limit is natural and that one beyond the Church-Turing limit (a hypercomputational process) would be supernatural.…”
Section: Hempel's Dilemma and The Computational Universementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Edis and Boundry's proposal that computational theory can be used as a framework to define the limits of physics is justified using the following as a first proposition: "1. When doing physics, we only have access to finite computational resources" [250] (p. 407).…”
Section: Hempel's Dilemma and The Computational Universementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Also, nucleosynthesis in stars forms carbon more easily than silicon [181], so carbon is more abundant in the Universe [181]. We conclude by citing a paper that, while favoring a purely materialistic viewpoint, discusses would be required to seriously question it [182], and a book that explores many topics and viewpoints [183]. Reference [183] considers not only many, probably most, of the topics and viewpoints also considered in references that we have previously cited, but also many additional topics and viewpoints.…”
Section: A Brief Review Concerning the Multiverse And Some Alternatimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tarner Edis y Maarten Boundry han propuesto una solución al dilema de Hempel [140]. El dilema de Hempel es la pregunta de cómo decidir qué es natural y qué es sobrenatural.…”
Section: El Contraejemplo De Los Oráculosunclassified