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Technology and Epistemic Possibility
Epistemic possibility Epistemic modality Technological possibility Responsibility Practicability
2016/6/15
My aim in this paper is to give a philosophical analysis of the relationship between contingently available technology and the knowledge that it makes possible. My concern is with what specific subjec...
On the possibility of nonlinear quantum evolution and superluminal communication
nonlinear quantum evolution wavefunction collapse consciousness superluminal communication special relativity
2016/6/13
A possible mechanism of nonlinear quantum evolution is introduced and its implications for quantum communication are investigated. First, it is demonstrated that an appropriate combination of wavefunc...
Popper,Rationality and The Possibility of Social Science
human action explanation indeterminism Popper rationality rationality principle situational logic social science acción humana explicacion indeterminismo racionalidad principio de racionalidad logica situacional ciencia social
2016/6/13
Social science employs teleological explanations which depend upon the rationality principle, according to which people exhibit instrumental rationality. Popper points out that people also exhibit cri...
Interpreting the Modal Kochen-Specker Theorem:Possibility and Many Worlds in Quantum Mechanics
Modality Kochen-Specker Theorem Many Worlds Quantum Logic
2016/6/12
In this paper we attempt to physically interpret the Modal Kochen-Specker (MKS) theorem. In order to do so, we analyze the features of the possible properties about quantum systems arising from the el...
The projection problem and the symmetries of physics: On the possibility of the scientific realist case
The projection problem symmetries physics
2009/9/16
Dr Harvey Fields, of Czech origin, trained in physics in the US and published several papers on plasma physics in the 1960s. In the late 1970s, he obtained a PhD in history and philosophy of science a...
VARIETIES OF POSSIBILITY: HOW ITERATED MODALITIES SOLVE A METHODOLOGICAL DILEMMA OF SIMULATING UNDER UNCERTAINTY
simulation climate change prediction limits of science
2009/3/25
This paper sketched a conceptual framework for expressing uncertain, possibilistic knowledge. A framework which allows to express our foreknow-ledge in a more nuanced way than simply by labelling some...
Counterfactuals and historical possibility
branching space-times historical counterfactuals comparative closeness betting
2008/4/22
We show that truth conditions for counterfactuals need not always be given in terms of a vague notion of similarity. To this end, we single out the important class of historical counterfactuals and gi...
Why is Time Frame-dependent in Relativity? Minkowski's spacetime as a Kantian 'condition of possibility' for relativistic calculations
Special relativity Ontology
2008/4/18
The kinematic consequences of special relativity can be expressed in three-dimensional language. Remarkably, this does not mean that, for making special relativity operational, positing a three-dimens...
Falsification of Theories without Verification of Basic Statements – An Argument for the Possibility of Knowledge Growth
epistemology basic problem falsification verification
2008/4/1
Karl Popper rightly contests the possibility of a verification of basic statements. At the same time he strictly believes in the possibility of growth of empirical knowledge. Knowledge growth, however...
Falsification of Theories without Verification of Basic Statements – An Argument for the Possibility of Knowledge Growth
epistemology basic problem falsification verification falsification of theories verification of basic statements basic statements growth of empirical knowledge
2011/9/7
Karl Popper rightly contests the possibility of a verification of basic statements. At the same time he strictly believes in the possibility of growth of empirical knowledge. Knowledge growth, however...