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A critical note on time in the multiverse
Cosmology Weyl principle Cosmic measurement problem
2016/6/15
In recent analyses of standard, single-universe, cosmology, it was pointed out that specific assumptions regarding the distribution and motion of matter must be made in order to set up the cosmologica...
A note on Oscar Chisini mean value definition
mean value integral geometry Erlanger Programm
2016/5/30
Mainly on the basis of some notable physical problems reported in a 1929 Oscar Chisini paper, this brief note expose further possible historic-critical remarks on the definition of statistical mean va...
In 'General Propositions and Causality' Ramsey rejects his earlier view that universal generalizations are infinite conjunctions, arguing that they are not genuine propositions at all. We argue that h...
A note on the Doomsday Argument
Doomsday Argument Sleeping Beauty confirmation self-location
2009/9/16
I argue that the Doomsday argument fails because it fails to take into account the lesson of the Sleeping Beauty puzzle.
A note on the Doomsday Argument
Doomsday Argument Sleeping Beauty confirmation self-location
2009/7/16
I argue that the Doomsday argument fails because it fails to take into account the lesson of the Sleeping Beauty puzzle.
Religiosity, Secularism, and Social Health: A Research Note
Religiosity Secularism Social Health
2009/7/9
In a recent article in this journal, Gregory S. Paul undertakes an extensive cross-national study of the impact of religion and secularism upon democratic polities. Paul’s concern is to test the plaus...
The Relevance of Irrelevance: Absolute Objects and the Jones-Geroch Dust Velocity Counterexample, with a Note on Spinors
absolute object general covariance dust spinor parametrized
2008/4/21
James L. Anderson analyzed the conceptual novelty of Einstein's theory of gravity as its lack of ``absolute objects.'' Michael Friedman's related concept of absolute objects has been criticized by Rog...
Discussion Note: Conceptual Problems in Classical Electrodynamics
classical electrodynamics theories models
2008/4/11
I have argued that the standard ways of modeling classical particle-field interactions rely on a set of inconsistent assumptions. This claim has been criticized in (Muller forthcoming). In this paper ...
A note on information theoretic characterizations of physical theories
algebraic quantum theory quantum information theory
2008/4/9
Clifton, Bub, and Halvorson (CBH) have recently argued that quantum theory is characterized by its satisfaction of three fundamental information-theoretic constraints. However, it is not difficult to ...