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Can Bayesian agents always be rational?A principled analysis of consistency of an Abstract Principal Principle
Bayesianism Principal Principle interpretation of probability
2016/6/15
The paper takes the Abstract Principal Principle to be a norm demanding that subjective degrees of belief of a Bayesian agent be equal to the objective probabilities once the agent has conditionalized...
Reference and Analysis in the Study of Time
time analysis reference Newton Leibniz Rovelli Barbour
2016/6/13
Our best hope of understanding time may lie in looking at what happens when referential and analytical discourses fail to be wholly reconciled: to what extent are they unified (and how is that unifica...
Eating Goldstone bosons in a phase transition:A critical review of Lyre's analysis of the Higgs mechanism
gauge transformations Higgs mechanism representation symmetry
2016/5/31
In this note, I briefly review Lyre’s (2008) analysis and interpretation of the Higgs mechanism. Contrary to Lyre, I maintain that, on the proper understanding of the term, the Higgs mechanism r...
Analysis and Defense of Sole Singular Causal Claims
the cause responsibility ascription speech act everyday sense values perspectives deeming,target of interference necessary condition sufficient condition causal nexus,independent variable
2016/5/30
To claim that x was the cause of y (or x caused y) is 1) to assume that x was a contributing member of the group of factors that jointly brought about y, and 2) to deem x responsible for the occurrenc...
Are causal analysis and system analysis compatible approaches?
Causal analysis system analysis causation causal modelling
2009/9/17
In social science, one objection to causal analysis is that the assumption of the closure of the system makes it too narrow in scope, that is it only considers ‘closed’ and ‘hermetic’ systems thus neg...
The Proper Province of Philosophy: Conceptual Analysis and Empirical Investigation
Conceptual Analysis Empirical Investigation
2009/9/8
The practice of conceptual analysis has undergone a revival in recent years. Although the extent of its role in philosophy is controversial, many now accept that conceptual analysis has at least some ...
Computer experiments in harmonic analysis
computer experiment experimental mathematics harmonic analysis analysis on fractals
2009/6/24
It is conventionally understood that computers play a rather limited role in theoretical mathematics. While computation is indispensable in applied mathematics and the theory of computing and algorith...
Similarity and Dimensional Analysis（forthcoming entry in Handbook of Philosophy of Science，Elsevier）
Similarity Models Physical Similarity Dimensions Dimensionless
2009/4/17
The topic of this Handbook entry is the relationship between similarity and dimensional analysis, and some of the philosophical issues involved in understanding and making use of that relationship. Di...
Is Engineering Philosophically Weak? A Linguistic and Institutional Analysis
philosophically weak ethically simple ideals institutionally complex profession occupation
2009/3/31
This paper follows a paper by Mitcham and considers whether engineering is among a group of occupations he calls philosophically weak, in the sense that engineering does not aspire to good-in-themselv...
Neo-Functional Analysis: Phylogenetical Restrictions on Causal Role Functions
function-analytical explanation phylogenetical restrictions
2008/4/22
The most recent resurgence of philosophical attention to the so-called ‘functional talk’ in the sciences can be summarized in terms of the following questions: (Q1) What kind of restrictions, and in p...
Probability theory and causation.A branching space-times analysis
branching space-times causation probabilities screening-off
2008/4/22
We provide a formally rigorous framework for integrating singular causation, as understood by Nuel Belnap's theory of causae causantes, and objective single case probabilities. The central notion is t...
Qualitative Scientific Modeling and Loop Analysis
models and idealization qualitative analysis
2008/4/22
Loop analysis is a method of qualitative modeling anticipated by Sewall Wright and systematically developed by Richard Levins. In Levins’ (1966) distinctions between modeling strategies, loop analysis...
All economic models involve abstractions and idealisations. Economic theory itself does not tell which idealizations are truly fatal or harmful for the result and which are not. This is why much of wh...
A Dichotomic Analysis of the Surprise Examination Paradox
surprise exam paradox surprise examination paradox
2008/4/9
This paper presents a dichotomic analysis of the surprise examination paradox. In section 1, I analyse the surprise notion in detail. I introduce then in section 2, the distinction between a monist an...
THE MYTHIC QUEST OF THE HERO: STEPS TOWARDS A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF MATHEMATICAL PROOF
MATHEMATICAL THE MYTHIC QUEST OF THE HERO
2008/4/8
This is a speculative exploration of the semiotics of mathematical text which draws upon diverse sources from philosophy, mythology and literary criticism. It represents an incomplete opening of a lin...