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A theory of causation: causae causantes (originating causes) as inus conditions in branching space-times
causation indeterminism inus conditions
2008/4/9
Branching space-times (BST) theory, as developed elsewhere,
permits a sound and rigorously definable notion of
``originating cause'' or causa causans---a type of
transition event---of an outcome ev...
A theory of causal learning in children: Causal maps and Bayes nets
General Issues Causation
2008/4/9
We propose that children employ specialized cognitive systems that allow them to recover an accurate “causal map” of the world: an abstract, coherent, learned representation of the causal relations am...
This paper outlines a ‘paradox’ in quantum measurement theory, illustrated with two different types of systems. If this paradox cannot be resolved in ordinary quantum mechanics (as I currently think),...
Within the framework of general relativity, in some cases at least, it is a delicate and interesting question just what it means to say that an extended body is or is not "rotating". It is so for two ...
Contrary to formal theories of induction, I argue that there are no universal inductive inference schemas. The inductive inferences of science are grounded in matters of fact that hold only in particu...
A recent analysis by de Barros and Suppes of experimentally realizable
GHZ correlations supports the conclusion that these correlations
cannot be explained by introducing local hidden variables. We ...
A Critical Review of Wigner's Work on the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Theory
Wigner Quantum theory Realism Measurement problem
2008/4/9
Excerpt from the Conclusions:
Many of Wigner’s papers on mathematical physics are great classics. Most famous is his work on group representations which is of lasting value for a proper mathematical...
An essay review of Richard Johns "A Theory of Physical Probability" (University of Toronto Press, 2002).Forthcoming in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.
"On the Time Reversal Invariance of Classical Electromagnetic Theory"
time reversal invariance electromagnetic theory
2008/4/9
David Albert claims that classical electromagnetic theory is not time reversal invariant. He acknowledges that all physics books say that it is, but claims they are ``simply wrong" because they rely ...
The Problem of Transition Across Levels in the van Hiele Theory of Geometric Reasoning
Geometric Reasoning Transition Across Levels
2008/4/8
The most outstanding characteristic of the van Hiele theory of geometric reasoning (Hoffer, 1983; Perdikaris, 1994; van Hiele,1986) is perhaps the relationship between the levels of reasoning, a hiera...
Conceptual Aspects of Theory Appraisal: Some Biochemical Examples
amino-acids chemi-osmotic consiliense problem solving teleology
2008/4/7
This paper considers papers on conceptual analysis by Laudan (1981) and Whitt (1989) and relates them to three biochemical episodes: (1) the modern 'biochemical explanation' of acupuncture; (2) the ch...
EVER since Pilate asked, "What is truth?" (John XVIII, 38),
the subsequent search for a correct answer has been inhibited
by another problem, which, as is well known, also
arises in a New Testament...
Hegel’s Deduction Of Matter: And The Untenability of The Big-Bang Theory
Hegel Untenability
2008/4/2
Ken Foldes is author, lecturer, and Fulbright Scholar and currently working on his new book The Meaning of The Present Age: Hegel, God, and Foundation. He is convinced we stand on the brink of a glori...
Laws and Models in a Theory of Idealization
approximation laws of nature idealized laws ceteris paribus laws
2008/4/1
In this paper, I first give a brief summary of a critique of the traditional theories of approximation and idealization; and after identifying one of the major roles of idealization as detaching compo...
Counterexamples to a Likelihood Theory of Evidence
The likelihood principle the law of likelihood evidence Bayesianism Likelihoodism
2008/4/1
The Likelihood Theory of Evidence (LTE) says, roughly, that all the information relevant to the bearing of data on hypotheses (or models) is contained in the likelihoods. There exist counterexamples i...