Re: OOP/OOD Philosophy

Stefan Ram wrote:
> "Isaac Gouy" <igouy@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >Stefan Ram wrote:
> >>The "real world" is also a model.
> >what do you mean by saying the "real world" is also a model?
>
> Humans have a model of the outside world inside their brain
> and language. There is a common model of the outside world,
> which seems to be a product of the evolution and of the
> formation of the brain during the childhood.
>
> This model is so natural and self-evident, than often we are
> not aware of it being a model, but take it for granted that
> this /is/ the real world as if it would be independent of a
> human brain creating it. This view is further fortified by the
> fact that other humans have the same or a similar model. To
> quote the title of a book, this model has "the illusion of
> reality".
>
> Whenever we use language, the words are based on a model. We
> can not speak about the real world, insofar as it exists
> independent of human models, but only using a model, because
> language always is based on a model. So what we call "real
> world" is just the "common model" not a world that is
> independent of human-made models.
>
> I do not whish to deny that there might be a real world, only
> that one can speak about its structure without using a model.
> And such a model is not uniquely determined by the real world,
> but also by the individual creating it.

Let's leave ontology to philosophers - phenomenology is difficult
enough.

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