Sufficient reason and reason enough
History and Philosophy of Physics
2014-10-16 v1
Abstract
I offer an analysis of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and its relevancy for the scientific endeavour. I submit that the world is not, and cannot be, rational - only some brained beings are. The Principle of Sufficient Reason is not a necessary truth nor a physical law. It is just a guiding metanomological hypothesis justified a posteriori by its success in helping us to unveil the mechanisms that operate in Nature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1410.3919,
title = {Sufficient reason and reason enough},
author = {Gustavo E. Romero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.3919},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
8 pages. Accepted for publication in Foundations of Science