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Single Idea 14948

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence]

Full Idea

To be is to be a real pattern. ....Real patterns carry information about other real patterns. ...It's patterns all the way down.

Gist of Idea

To be is to be a real pattern

Source

J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 4.4)

Book Reference

Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.226


A Reaction

I've plucked these bleeding from context, but they are obviously intended as slogans. Is there pattern 'inside' an electron? Are electrons all exterior?