Re: Rosennean view of Natural Law/s

[Steve Johnson <***>]

After reading Lee Smolin's article on "Einstein's
lonely path" that Judith recommended a while back I
thought this paragraph would be somehow relevant with
respect to #5:

"Thus, in general relativity there is no fixed
framework, no stage on which the world plays itself
out. There is only an evolving network of
relationships, making up the history of space, time,
and matter. All the previous theories described space
and time as fixed backgrounds on which things happen.
The implication of general relativity is that *there
is no background*."



--- Judith Rosen <***> wrote:

> 
> Although Robert Rosen never did set down a list of
> what he suspected 
> the knowable "Laws of Nature" were (insofar as he
> had been able to 
> tell), I think I have a glimmer of what they would
> be, if he had. It 
> might be a useful exercise to play with some of
> these ideas (although 
> it would be a miracle if we all agreed on any of
> it!)
> 
> 1.) Causality is possible because of the complex
> co-organization of 
> space and time.
> 
> 2.) The universe, as we perceive it, is among the
> effects of the 
> relations and interactions made possible/constrained
> by the complex 
> organization of space, time, and causality.
> 
> 3.) Causality in the universe is a closed entailment
> loop such that 
> everything in the universe is entailed by something
> else in the 
> universe.
> 
> 4.) The universe entails itself (Causality entails
> space/time and 
> space/time entails causality).
> 
> 5.) Some Combination of A.) the Ancient Greek notion
> that "Either 
> matter is infinitely divisible or it isn't. If it
> isn't, there is a 
> finite smallest particle.";  B.) Einstein's theorem
> that matter and 
> energy are different forms of the same "thing."; C.)
> Energy/Matter is 
> a consequence of the interaction of space in complex
> co-organization 
> with time.
> 
> 6.) Space is more than "the absence of stuff". Even
> an empty 
> three-dimensional area is full of potential when
> time and space are 
> co-organized. Space, at the very least, is the
> capability for three 
> dimensional existence in the universe. It's
> potentially the capability 
> for a great deal more than that.
> 
> Judith 
> 


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