[lit-ideas] Re: [correction] Fwd: small addendum to Matrix as philosophy

  • From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: 25 Nov 2004 13:12:14 PST

Peter writes:

> And the basic idea that the universe is computable goes back to Leibnitz.<

As I don't understand what it means for the universe to be 'computable' I cannot
really say if the idea goes back to Leibniz or not, but I'd be interested to
learn where Leibniz might have said something that provides grounds for this
notion.

Robert Paul
Reed College
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