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From Philosophy of Science to Philosophy of Literature (and Back) via Philosophy of Mind:Philip Kitcher’s Philosophical Pendulum
Philip Kitcher Philosophy of Literature Philosophy of Science Emotions filosofía de la literatura filosofía de la ciencia emociones
2016/6/15
A recent focus of Philip Kitcher’s research has been, somewhat surprisingly in the light of his earlier work, the philosophical analyses of literary works and operas. Some may see a discontinuity in K...
Relativity as Support for Presentism:A Modest Evidential Argument
Presentism eternalism special relativity Euclidean space-time
2016/6/15
Presentism is roughly the view that only the present exists. This view requires an absolute simultaneity relation. The special theory of relativity, however, is highly successful and does not account ...
Local and global definitions of time:Cosmology and quantum theory
Cosmology relational time spatial extent time
2016/6/15
I will give a broad overview of what has become the standard paradigm in cosmology. I will describe the relational (\`{a} la Leibnitz) notion of time that is often used in cosmological calculations an...
A formal framework for the study of the notion of undefined particle number in quantum mechanics
set theory undefined particle number
2016/6/15
It is usually stated that quantum mechanics presents problems with the identity of particles, the most radical position -supported by E. Schrodinger- asserting that elementary particles are not indivi...
Brownian Computation is Thermodynamically Irreversible
Brownian computation entropy fluctuations thermodynamics of computation
2016/6/15
Brownian computers are supposed to illustrate how logically reversible mathematical operations can be computed by physical processes that are thermodynamically reversible or nearly so. In fact, they a...
The Burning Fuse Model of Unbecoming in Time
presentism eternalism endurantism perdurantism time
2016/6/15
In the burning fuse model of unbecoming in time, the future is real and past unreal. It is used to motivate the idea that there is something unbecoming in the present literature on the metaphysics of ...
The End of the Thermodynamics of Computation:A No Go Result
entropy fluctuations Landauer's Principle thermodynamics of computation
2016/6/15
The thermodynamics of computation assumes that computational processes at the molecular level can be brought arbitrarily close to thermodynamic reversibility; and that thermodynamic entropy creation i...
Causal Graphs for EPR Experiments
philosophy of physics quantum theory Bell's theorem EPR argument non-locality causal graph theory Bayesian nets
2016/6/15
We examine possible causal structures of experiments with entangled quantum objects. Previously, these structures have been obscured (i) by assuming a misleading probabilistic analysis of quantum non ...
A Stronger Bell Argument for Quantum Non-Locality
philosophy of physics quantum theory Bell's theorem EPR argument non-locality probabilistic analysis
2016/6/15
It is widely accepted that the violation of Bell inequalities excludes local theories of the quantum realm. This paper presents a stronger Bell argu- ment which even forbids certain non-local theories...
Clausius versus Sackur-Tetrode entropies
Clasius (thermodynamical)/statistical entropy Gibbs paradox extensivity thermodynamic limit
2016/6/15
Based on the property of extensivity (mathematically, homogeneity of first degree), we derive in a mathematically consistent manner the explicit expressions of the chemical potential and the Clausius ...
Benefits of Objective Collapse Models for Cosmology and Quantum Gravity
Objective collapse Dynamical reduction Quantum gravity Cosmology
2016/6/15
We display a number of advantages of objective collapse theories for the resolution of long-standing problems in cosmology and quantum gravity. In particular, we examine applications of objective redu...
On the Consistency of the Consistent Histories Approach to Quantum Mechanics
Consistent Histories Decoherent Histories Consistent Quantum Theory Quantum Cosmology
2016/6/15
The Consistent Histories (CH) formalism aims at a quantum mechanical framework for the universe as a whole. CH stresses the importance of histories for quantum mechanics, as opposed to measurements, a...
Disappearance and emergence of space and time in quantum gravity
quantum gravity foundations of spacetime theories emergent spacetime condensed matter cosmology
2016/6/15
We discuss the hints for the disappearance of continuum space and time at microscopic scale. These include arguments for a discrete nature of them or for a fundamental non-locality, in a quantum theor...
Is logic just last in line for the execution?Logic,holism,and the constitutive a priori
Quine Carnap Conventionalism Philosophy of Logic Holism Relativized apriori
2016/6/15
I argue that Quine’s early critique of Carnap’s conventionalism is in serious tension with the holism of "Two Dogmas of Empiricism", since his critique of convention- alism makes a compelling case for...
On the mathematical nature of logic,featuring P.Bernays and K.Godel
Bernays Goedel Godel Philosophy of Logic Philosophy of Mathematics
2016/6/15
The paper examines the interrelationship between mathematics and logic, arguing that a central characteristic of each has an essential role within the other. The first part is a reconstruction of and ...