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To: b_sharp; betty boop
Thank you so much for your engaging thought experiment!

But truly, a Realist would say that the existence of "redness" is not dependent on any factor "in" space/time, it is "beyond" space/time. Thus, time passing - bringing observers into and out of existence would have no bearing on the existence of "redness". Neither indeed would the collapse of the universe altogether, which would obviously eliminate all corporeals, wave lengths, etc.

A Nominalist on the other hand, would require a physical universe and "redness" would have no existence whatsoever.

I don't really see how the two views can be reconciled - though it would be nice if they could be...

124 posted on 04/06/2005 11:17:56 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl (Please donate monthly to Free Republic!)
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To: Alamo-Girl
"I don't really see how the two views can be reconciled - though it would be nice if they could be... "

Have you tried 'Sharpism'?

126 posted on 04/06/2005 11:25:08 AM PDT by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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