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Retrocausal Quantum Mechanics:Maudlin's Challenge Revisited
Time-symmetric quantum theory retrocausal quantum theory transactional interpretation contingent absorber experiments
2016/6/14
In 1994, Maudlin proposed an objection to retrocausal approaches to quantum mechanics in general, and to the transactional interpretation (TI) in particular, involving an absorber that changes locatio...
From Survivors to Replicators:Evolution by Natural Selection Revisited
Evolution by natural selection Replicator individual-based models Natural selection Diachronic
2016/6/12
For evolution by natural selection to occur it is classically admitted that the three ingredients ofcvariation, difference in fitness and heredity are necessary and sufficient. In this paper, I show u...
RELATIONSHIPS OF EQUALITY: A CAMPING TRIP REVISITED
Socialism camping trip justice equality
2015/11/10
Jerry Cohen's last book, Why Not Socialism?, is short and charming. His arguments are presented as comments on an imagined camping trip, on which, he cogently shows, most people would "strongly favor ...
Copernican Revolutions Revisited in Adam Smith by way of David Hume
Hume, Adam Smith, History of the Philosophy of Science, Copernicanism, Scientific Revolutions
2011/9/8
In this paper I revisit Adam Smith’s treatment of Copernicanism and Newtonianism in his essay, “The History of Astronomy” (hereafter: “Astronomy”), in light of a surprisingly ignored context: David Hu...
Ariadne Revisited
Revisited Ariadne
2008/11/7
My article, "Ariadne at the Movies," provided a detailed, double film counter-example to the claim that films are types. Here I defend my views against various criticisms provided by Aaron Smuts. The ...
I explore some explanations for why the raging debate over colorization disappeared almost entirely from both the scholarly dialogue and the popular press about ten years ago. I also suggest how some...
A decade ago, we reviewed the field of clinical ethics; assessed its progress in research, education, and ethics committees and consultation; and made predictions about the future of the field. In thi...
Singer et al [1] note that despite progress in clinical ethics: (i) most medical schools lack adequate role modelling by a sustainable community of clinicians focussed on the ethical concerns of patie...
Loops and Knots as Topoi of Substance. Spinoza Revisited.
Natural Philosophy Philosophy of Science Quantum Gravity
2008/4/22
The relationship between physics and philosophy is being
studied utilizing insight provided by a modern interpretation of the philosophy of Spinoza's. The role
of science is discussed with a view to...
Quantum Probability and Decision Theory, Revisited
Quantum Mechanics Everett Interpretation
2008/4/22
An extended analysis is given of the program, originally suggested by Deutsch, of solving the probability problem in the Everett interpretation by means of decision theory. Deutsch's own proof is disc...
I discuss various formulations of stochastic Einstein locality (SEL), which is a version of the idea of relativistic causality, i.e. the idea that influences propagate at most as fast as light. SEL is...
Michelson, FitzGerald and Lorentz: the origins of relativity revisited
relativity FitzGerald length contraction Bell
2008/4/15
It is argued that an unheralded moment marking the beginnings of relativity theory occurred in 1889, when G. F. FitzGerald, no
doubt with the puzzling 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment fresh in mind, ...