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Before Hegel and his abstract bullshit, the main question of philosophy was "What is real", not what a mind can imagine. Similarly, the main question of physic

• Koshkin 7y ago
  > the main question of philosophy Well, philosophy is known to ask questions for which there are no answers. As to (theoretical) physics, I think we should look at it first and foremost as a computational tool (similar to applied mathematics) which is the way it has been since Newton, then it becomes clear that physics does indeed help understand "how everything is" - in the sense that it helps us predict the results of experiments, and I am not sure if it even makes sense to talk about a "higher level of understanding" than that. A map is definitely not a territory, but it can indeed be (and will always remain to be) both "true" and "false" to a certain degree; similarly, no one in their right mind would say that physics is, should, or can be equivalent to the reality (aspects of) which it merely reflects.
• abdullahkhalids 7y ago
  > Similarly, the main question of physics used to be "how everything is", not how do we think everything might be. I assure you, philosophy of physics is much more complicated than that, and a lot of senior physicists and leaders in the community are aware of these subtleties, and constantly argue about it.
• PTOB 7y ago
  So, are you a model of Jonathan Tooker, or are we encountering the real deal here?