搜索结果: 1-13 共查到“哲学 Remarks”相关记录13条 . 查询时间(0.203 秒)
Some Remarks on Rovelli's "Why Gauge?"
philosophy of gauge theory Yang-Mills physical significance of gauge-dependence
2016/6/15
Rovelli's "Why Gauge?" offers a parable to show that gauge-dependent quantities have a modal and relational physical significance. We subject the morals of this parable to philosophical scrutiny and a...
Remarks on the universal symbolism of the number 72
Remarks on the universal symbolism of the number 72
2009/11/27
In After Babel, George Steiner’s influential work on language and
translation, the author has occasion to reflect that ‘Almost all linguistic
mythologies, from Brahmin wisdom to Celtic and North Afr...
Logical and Philosophical Remarks on Quasi-Set Theory
quasi-sets logic of quantum mechanics identity
2008/4/22
Quasi-set theory is a theory for dealing with collections of indistinguishable objects. In this paper we discuss some logical and philosophical questions involved with such a theory. The analysis of t...
Peirce in the long run: remarks on knowledge a ulteriori
Probability Induction Synthetic Judgments C. S.Peirce
2008/4/22
Knowledge a priori has an important role in rationalistic schools: it pre-establishes truth in order to justify a system of correlated ideas. Empiricism usually concerns knowledge a posteriori, for ex...
Properties and Dispositions: some Metaphysical Remarks on Quantum Ontology
Dispositional Property Categorical Property GRW Many-Worlds
2008/4/22
After some suggestions about how to clarify the confused metaphysical distinctions between dispositional and non-dispositional or categorical properties, I review some of the main interpretations of Q...
Remarks on Space-time and Locality in Everett's Interpretation
quantum mechanics Everett many-minds many-worlds
2008/4/22
Interpretations that follow Everett's idea that (at some level of description) the universal wave function contains a multiplicity of coexisting realities, usually claim to give a completely local acc...
Remarks on the applications of paraconsistent logic tophysics
paracosistent logic complementary logic Paulette Février
2008/4/22
In this paper we make some general remarks on the use of
non-classical logics, in particular paraconsistent logic, in the
foundational analysis of physical theories. As a case-study, we
present a r...
The Methodological Value of Coincidences: Further Remarks on Dark Matter and the Astrophysical Warrant for General Relativity
Dark Matter General Relativity Evidence Methodology Theory Choice
2008/4/21
This paper compares four techniques for measuring the masses of galaxies and larger astrophysical systems from their dynamics. The apparent agreement of these techniques is sometimes invoked as reason...
Interventionism in Statistical Mechanics: Some Philosophical Remarks
statistical mechanics entropy
2008/4/15
Interventionism is an approach to the foundations of statistical mechanics which says that to explain and predict some of the thermodynamic phenomena we need to take into account the inescapable effec...
What is Dialectic? Some remarks on Popper’s criticism
dialectic Popper Philosophers of Science
2011/9/7
Karl Popper famously opposed Marxism in general and its philosophical core – the Marxist dialectic – in particular. As a progressive thinker, Popper saw in dialectic a source of dogmatism damaging to ...
Counterfactual Logic and the Hardy Paradox: Remarks on Shimony and Stein's Criticism of Stapp's Proof
Counterfactuals possible worlds quantum entanglement
2008/4/10
This is an extended critique of comments made by Abner Shimony and Howard Stein on Henry Stapp’s proof of the non-locality of quantum mechanics. Although I claim that ultimately Stapp’s proof does not...
SOME REMARKS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
REMARKS PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2008/4/8
What is philosophy of mathematics education? Before answering that question, I believe it would be better to consider first the following similar question: What is philosophy of mathematics? And parti...
Historical and Philosophical Remarks on Ziegler-Natta Catalysts A Discourse on Industrial Catalysis
Ziegler-Natta catalysts industrial catalysis chemical discourse
2008/4/7
Part 1 outlines the complex, parallel historical evolution of Ziegler-Natta catalysts and related problems. In Part 2, as a general method of inquiry, chemical language and discourse are analyzed, at ...