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1、MetaphysicsofanExperimentalEpistemologistHeinzvonFoerster(1996)WarrenMcCullough:“Don'tbitemyfinger,lookatwhereI'mpointing!”Mostlikely,everythingthatcouldbesaidaboutWar-icalphysics,“...weinventsurprisingregularities...orrenMcCullochhasbeensaidalreadyand,mostlikely,in
2、variants,whichIcallideas,whethertheyaretheoremseverythingthatMcCullocheversaid,hadneverbeensaidofgreatabstractionorqualitiessimplesensed.”Heno-before.ticedtheyarenotincludedintophysicsproperandheWhattosaynowaboutWarrenMcCullochandwhatproposes:hedidsay.“...letusnowc
3、ompelourphysicisttoac-IammostgratefultoSeymourPapert.whocon-countforhimselfasapartoftheworld.Includedhisintroductiontothefirstpublishedcollectionallfairness,hemuststicktohisownrulesofsomeofMcCullochsessays,EmbodimentsofMind1,andshowintermsofmass,energy,spacebyremind
4、ingusofoneofhisfavoriteteachingaidstoandtimehowitcomesaboutthathecreateshelphisbaffleddisciplestoovercometheirbebafflement:theoreticalphysics.Hemustthenbecomea“Don'tbitemyfinger,lookwhereIampointing.”neurophysiologist(thatiswhathappenedtoWhatishepointingat?Formeheispo
5、intingatme),butinsodoinghewillbecompelledtopointing.WhatdoImeanbythat?Letmegiveexam-answerwhethertheoreticalphysicsissome-ples.Atoneplace2hediscussespotentialandlimitsofthingwhichhecandiscussintermsofneu-whatwedoorwhatwedonotknow.Andthen:rophysiology(andthatiswhath
6、appenedto“Withalloftheselimitationsandhazardsme).Toanswer“No”istoremainaphysi-wellinmind,letusaskwhetheraknowercistundefiled.Toanswer“Yes”istobecomesoconceivediscapableofconstructingtheametaphysician—orsoIamtold.”physicsoftheworldwhichincludeshim-No!Nobodytoldhimtha
7、t;Isayitiswhathewantedself,”andthenhecontinues:“But,insodo-tobe.RememberhimtellingusofadesparateClerking,letusbeperfectlyfranktoadmitthatMaxwellwhoaddressedhimselftoaninprincipleunde-causalityisasuperstition.”cidablequestion,namely,howtoexplain“thought”abThefirstpar
8、tconnectsMcCullochtohimself;intheovo,4thatis5:secondpartheconnectswithLudwigWittgenstein,a“He(Maxwell)cutshorthisquerywiththeconnectionaboutwhich
