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Logical and Philosophical Remarks on Quasi-Set Theory
quasi-sets logic of quantum mechanics identity
2008/4/22
Quasi-set theory is a theory for dealing with collections of indistinguishable objects. In this paper we discuss some logical and philosophical questions involved with such a theory. The analysis of t...
Recent developments in cosmology indicate that every history having a nonzero probability is realized in infinitely many distinct regions of spacetime. Thus, it appears that the universe contains infi...
Reichenbach's Epsilon Definition of Simultaneity in Historical and Philosophical Perspective
Reichenbach simultaneity convention
2008/4/22
I examine the development of Reichenbach's ideas concerning the conventionality of simultaneity in connection with his ``epsilon''-definition of simultaneity. It does not appear that he ever considere...
Social epistemology of scientific inquiry: beyond historical vs. philosophical case studies
social epistemology scientific objectivity
2008/4/22
In this paper, I propose a new way to integrate historical accounts of social interaction in scientific practice with philosophical examination of scientific knowledge. The relation between descriptiv...
Spacetime and the Philosophical Challenge of QuantumGravity
quantum gravity conceptual problems of quantum theory and general relativity
2008/4/21
We survey some philosophical aspects of the search for a
quantum theory of gravity, emphasising how quantum gravity throws into doubt the treatment of spacetime common to the two `ingredient theories...
This is the table of contents and first chapter of "Symmetries in physics: philosophical reflections", edited by Katherine Brading and Elena Castellani, Cambridge University Press, 2003. As the organ...
The Internal and External Problems of String Theory - A Philosophical View
String Theory Quantum Gravity Nomological Unification
2008/4/21
String theory is at the moment the only advanced approach to a unification of all interactions, including gravity. But, in spite of the more than thirty years of its existence, it does not make any em...
The Standard Model as a Philosophical Challenge
Quantum Field Theory particles standard model
2008/4/21
There are two opposing traditions in contemporary quantum field theory. Mainstream Lagrangian QFT led to and supports the standard model of particle interactions. Algebraic QFT seeks to provide a rigo...
Three Philosophical Problems about Consciousness and their Possible Resolution
consciusness psychology functionalism explanation
2008/4/21
Three big philosophical problems about consciousness are: Why does it exist? How do we explain and understand it? How can we explain brain-consciousness correlations? If functionalism were true, all t...
Machery, E., 2006, Review of A. Zilhao, ed., Evolution, Rationality and Cognition, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
Evolution cognition rationality
2008/4/15
Evolution, Rationality, and Cognition, A Cognitive Science for the Twenty-First Century, is a fine collection of essays edited by António Zilhão. Most essays are written by prominent philosophe...
Evolutionary theory in philosophical focus
Natural selection Tree of life Units of selection
2008/4/11
This chapter surveys the philosophical problems raised by the two Darwinian claims of the existence of a Tree of a life, and the explanatory power of natural selection. It explores the specificity of ...
Can science advance effectively through philosophical criticism and reflection?
Absolute space Inertial frames Length contraction
2008/4/10
Prompted by Hasok Chang’s conception of the history and philosophy of science (HPS) as the continuation of science by other means, I examine the possibility of obtaining scientific knowledge through p...
Between Laws and Models: Some Philosophical Morals of Lagrangian Mechanics
Classical mechanics Lagrangian mechanics
2008/4/10
I extract some philosophical morals from some aspects of Lagrangian mechanics. (A companion paper will present similar morals from Hamiltonian mechanics and Hamilton-Jacobi theory.) One main moral con...
Bell, Bohm, and von Neumann: Some philosophical inequalities concerning No-go Theorems and the axiomatic method
Bell's theorem quantum mechanics hidden variables
2008/4/10
The paper investigates the philosophical relationship between John von Neumann's No-hidden-variable theorem and Bell's inequalities. Bell erroneously takes the axiomatic method as implying a finality ...
An Enduring Philosophical Agenda. Worldview Construction as a Philosophical Method.
metaphilosophy worldview weltanschauung philosophical method
2008/4/10
Is there such a thing as a philosophical method? It seems that there are as many philosophical methods as there are philosophies. A method is any procedure employed to achieve a certain aim. So, befo...