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Three possible implications of spacetime discreteness
spacetime discreteness Planck scale, speed of light gravity wavefunction collapse quantum gravity
2016/6/13
We analyze the possible implications of the discreteness of spacetime, which is defined here as the existence of a minimum observable interval of spacetime. First, it is argued that the discreteness o...
Most recent accounts of will-power have tried to explain it as reducible to the operation of beliefs and desires. In opposition to such accounts, this paper argues for a distinct faculty of will-power...
In this paper I consider possible causation, specifically, would-cause counterfactuals of the form ‘had an event of kind A occurred, it would have caused an event of kind B’. I outline some difficulti...
Gauge-Invariant Localization of Infinitely Many Gravitational Energies from All Possible Auxiliary Structures
conservation laws localization invariance infinite-component gravitational energy
2009/6/11
The problem of finding a covariant expression for the distribution and conservation of gravitational energy-momentum dates to the 1910s. A suitably covariant infinite-component localization is display...
Is Structural Underdetermination Possible?
structural realism theory underdetermination theories of gravity
2009/4/8
Structural realism is sometimes said to undermine the theory underdetermination (TUD) argument against realism, since, in usual TUD scenarios, the supposed underdetermination concerns the object-like ...
Paleolithic Flints: Is an Aesthetics of Stone Tools Possible?1
anthropology and aesthetics anthropology of the senses
2008/11/6
This paper asks whether an aesthetics of Paleolithic tools is possible, and if so, what it might be. The application of our own aesthetic sensibilities to artifacts of prehistory is not difficult. We ...
Antenatal screening and its possible meaning from unborn baby's perspective
unborn baby perspective
2008/11/5
In recent decades antenatal screening has become one of the most routine procedure of pregnancy-follow up and the subject of hot debate in bioethics circles. In this paper the rationale behind doing a...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the various types of physical universe which could exist according to modern mathematical physics. The paper begins with an introduction that approaches the que...
Separability and Non-Individuality : Is it possible toconciliate (at least a form of) Einstein's realism with quantummechanics?
Non-individuality separability quasi-sets
2008/4/22
In this paper we argue that physical theories, including the most
recent ones, even if only implicitly, talk of `objects' (or
`things') of some sort (really, of several sorts), and question the
log...
Three Philosophical Problems about Consciousness and their Possible Resolution
consciusness psychology functionalism explanation
2008/4/21
Three big philosophical problems about consciousness are: Why does it exist? How do we explain and understand it? How can we explain brain-consciousness correlations? If functionalism were true, all t...
Here we briefly review the concept of "prediction" within the context of classical relativity theory. We prove a theorem asserting that one may predict one's own future only in a closed universe. We t...
In this paper, we will present a new argument based on revised quantum dynamics ( Ghiradi et al, 1986; Pearle, 1989; Diosi, 1989; Ghiradi et al, 1990; Penrose, 1996; Gao, 1999a, 1999b; Gao, 2000 ), wh...
Kerala Mathematics and its Possible Transmission to Europe
Kerala Mathematics its Possible Transmission Europe
2008/4/7
Mathematical techniques of great importance, involving elements of the calculus, were developed between the 14th and 16th centuries in Kerala, India. In this period Kerala was in continuous contact wi...
Illusions in quantified reasoning: How to make the impossible seem possible, and vice versa
Illusions in quantified reasoning impossible possible vice versa
2008/4/3
The mental model theory postulates that reasoners build models of the situations described in
premises, and that these models normally represent only what is true. The theory has an unexpected
conse...