FCID - DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Here are some of the major questions posed in todays class. Some are from the instructor, others from student discussion, and even some from my own introspection.

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1. Are social sciences 'true' science? What constitutes a 'true' science? Does a lack of a strict experimental methodology produce varied and imprecise results?

2. Is the mind either material or immaterial? Can evolution explain the development of man's immaterial mind?

3. Is mathematics the fundamental and irreducible language of the universe? Can all sciences be reduced to mathematical models? Can humanities/arts be reduced to mathematical models? Can humanities/arts be reduced to sciences?

4. What defines consciousness? How can we distinguish the consciousness of the human species from animal consciousness? Can the "uniqueness of consciousness" be explained?

5. What does the question "why" mean? Ought we search for a purpose or a process? Ought we look up (religion) or look down (physics) to find the answers?

6. Can the laws of physics be imagined differently to produce a conceptually varied pool of possible universes? Is the concept of such an omniverse a function of science or philosophy?

7. Under science what is the conceptual relation between theory, computation, and observation?

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Feel free to comment on any of these HUGE questions especially if you didn't get a chance to voice your opinion in class today.

Cheers,

LORD RAVEN

LORD OF THE SKIES