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| '''Digital philosophy''' is a new direction in ] and ] advocated by certain mathematicians and theoretical physicists, e.g., ], ], ], and ] (see his '']''). | '''Digital philosophy''' is a new direction in ] and ] advocated by certain mathematicians and theoretical physicists, e.g., ], ], ], and ] (see his '']''). | ||
| Digital philosophy grew out of an earlier ] (both terms are due to Fredkin), which proposes to ground much of physical theory in ]. Specifically, digital physics works through the consequences of assuming that the universe is a gigantic ] ]. | |||
| Digital philosophy purports to solve certain hard problems in the ] and the ], since, following Leibniz, the mind can be given a ]al treatment. The digital approach also dispenses with the non-deterministic essentialism of the ] of ]. In a digital universe, existence and thought would be equivalent to computation. Thus computation is the single substance of a ] metaphysics, while subjectivity arises from computational ]. This approach to ] has been dubbed |
Digital philosophy is a modern re-interpretation of ]'s ] ], one that replaces Leibniz's monads with aspects of the theory of ]. Digital philosophy purports to solve certain hard problems in the ] and the ], since, following Leibniz, the mind can be given a ]al treatment. The digital approach also dispenses with the non-deterministic essentialism of the ] of ]. In a digital universe, existence and thought would be equivalent to computation. Thus computation is the single substance of a ] metaphysics, while subjectivity arises from computational ]. This approach to ] has been dubbed ] since it posits the existence of multiple universes. | ||
| Newsgroup: sci.physics.discrete. | Newsgroup: sci.physics.discrete. | ||
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Digital philosophy is a new direction in philosophy and cosmology advocated by certain mathematicians and theoretical physicists, e.g., Gregory Chaitin, Edward Fredkin, Stephen Wolfram, and Konrad Zuse (see his Calculating Space).
Digital philosophy grew out of an earlier digital physics (both terms are due to Fredkin), which proposes to ground much of physical theory in cellular automata. Specifically, digital physics works through the consequences of assuming that the universe is a gigantic Turing-complete cellular automata.
Digital philosophy is a modern re-interpretation of Leibniz's monist metaphysics, one that replaces Leibniz's monads with aspects of the theory of Cellular automata. Digital philosophy purports to solve certain hard problems in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of physics, since, following Leibniz, the mind can be given a computational treatment. The digital approach also dispenses with the non-deterministic essentialism of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory. In a digital universe, existence and thought would be equivalent to computation. Thus computation is the single substance of a monist metaphysics, while subjectivity arises from computational universality. This approach to metaphysics has been dubbed multism since it posits the existence of multiple universes.
Newsgroup: sci.physics.discrete.
Mailing lists on yahoogroups.com: digitalphilosophy, digitalphysics.
See also
- digitalism
- digital physics
- multism
- algorithmic information theory
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Edward Fredkin
- Gregory Chaitin
- Konrad Zuse
- Calculating Space