Tag: philosophy
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Philosophy: Universals and concrete objects co-exist
Topic: The world contains not only concrete individuals but the properties of those individuals and various abstract objects as well. Clarification: The world contains universals in addition to concrete objects/individuals. -Universal: An abstract relation, type, property or associated idea. -Abstract: an object is abstract if it lacks a spatial location / lacks causal powers. -Concrete:…
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Knowledge Threshold
This is a philosophical question as well as a CS question but as I read through more and more code, syntax, semantics, etc, I gain new knowledge that is stored and reused. Does anyone believe that there is ever a limit for human learning and understanding? Let’s consider a though experiment: If a baby is…