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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...
Potentiality, Possibility, and the Irreversibility of Death
death irreversibility life metaphysics potentiality soul Aquinas Aristotle
2014/11/17
In this paper, I will consider the case of cryopreservation. A central conceptual focus throughout this discussion is the purportedly irreversible nature of death and the criteria by which a human bod...
Identity and the Limits of Possibility
essence haecceitism identity modality plenitude possible worlds
2014/11/10
Possibilities divide into two kinds. Non-qualitative possibilities are distinguished by their connection to specific individuals. For example, the possibility that Napoleon is a novelist is non-qualit...
In the argument’s more recent and general dress, what is said to be conceivable/imaginable is that “zombies” exist (see, e.g., Chalmers 1996: 94-9), but let us concentrate on Argument K.
Lamentation And Speculation: George Grant, James Doull And The Possibility Of Canada
The Possibility Of Canada George Grant
2009/12/3
In 1965 George Grant created a national debate when he published his classic text,
Lament for a Nation. The central thesis of this book was captured in its subtitle, "The
Defeat of Canadian National...
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...
The Possibility and Plausibility of Divine Abusiveness or Sadism as the Premise for a Religious Response to the Holocaust
Religious Response Holocaust
2009/7/8
John Hick is representative of "mainstream" reflection on the problem of evil when he asserts (39) that any theodicy should be both possible (i.e. internally coherent) and plausible (i.e. tally with o...
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...
Finitary and Infinitary Mathematics, the Possibility of Possibilities and the Definition of Probabilities.
many-minds quantum theory finitary and infinitary mathematics
2008/4/22
Some relations between physics and finitary and infinitary mathematics are explored in the context of a many-minds interpretation of quantum theory. The analogy between mathematical ``existence'' and ...
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...
In this paper I examine the connection between symmetry and modality from the perspective of `reduction' methods in geometric mechanics. I begin by setting the problem up as a choice between two oppos...
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...