tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post1936964952751985073..comments2024-03-27T05:47:21.295-07:00Comments on Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature: JARS: Peirce's & Rand's MetaphysicsDaniel Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06359277853862225286noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-81512602316692316292007-01-28T22:13:00.000-08:002007-01-28T22:13:00.000-08:00Just to update casual readers on Karl Popper's "3 ...Just to update casual readers on Karl Popper's "3 Worlds" theory touched on by Greg.<br /><br />Many philosophers have been troubled by the traditional "dualism" of thought and reality referred to here. Most, like Rand, have attempted to shoehorn them into a monism, which has usually made matters worse rather than better. Popper, born troublemaker as he was, went the other way, and proposed a <i>trialism</i> - that the universe could be divided into 3 sub-"worlds".<br /><br />World 1 - Objective, physical. The world of stars, rocks, and atoms.<br />World 2 - Subjective, non-physical. The world of consciousness, of human emotions and feelings<br />World 3 - Objective, non-physical. The world of mathematical systems, of literature, art, laws, institutions and other human inventions.<br /><br />These 'worlds' emerged out of each other as unintended consequences, and unlike Plato, the world of abstract ideas is the <i>product</i> of human consciousness (W2) interacting with the physical world (W1) and does not precede it.<br /><br />I consider Popper's '3 Worlds' to be one of the most original and interesting metaphysical conjectures ever, and it deserves to be better known.Daniel Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359277853862225286noreply@blogger.com