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Mar 25Liked by Brad Skow

hi again, someone on here shared a book Quantum Reality: The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics - a Game of Theories by Jim Baggott and i just now looked through the table of contents and this is the title of a chapter, 'For a specific physical system or situation, thereis no such thing as the ‘right’ wavefunction" which might challange your positing that the Romantics' notion of no set structure unless self-determined is false because there's obvious facts. it might not actually be the case there's facts as i'm understanding your notion of facts?

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Mar 25Liked by Brad Skow

thanks! I enjoyed reading this. with your last question asking about the argument for the Romantic's conclusions that "there is no structure of things,” or that “there is no body of facts to which we must submit”. i think they are more specifically talking about value and morality, not facts like we as humans cannot fly without aids. There are no facts of value or morality is what I think their argument is as I understand it from reading your post here.

on another note. I reckon from reading your piece here that Nietzsche could be considered a Romantic; what do you think?

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