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Response to `Local and global definitions of time:Cosmology and quantum theory'
Local global definitions time Cosmology quantum theory
2016/6/15
I will discuss the notion of time and spatial finiteness from the perspective of observational cosmology. Our observed universe is well described at early times by small fluctuations in the spatial gr...
Carnap's Response to the Charge that Verificationism is Self-Undermining
Carnap verificationism Putnam principle of tolerance logical positivism pragmatism
2016/6/15
The classic “self-undermining objection” to the verificationist criterion of meaning states that the criterion does not meet its own standard: since verificationism is not empirically confirmable, ana...
Response to Pashby:Time operators and POVM observables in quantum mechanics
parameter time time operators time observables PVM POVM
2016/6/13
I argue against a general time observable in quantum mechanics except for quantum gravity theory. Then I argue in support of case specific arrival time and dwell time observables with a cautionary not...
Response to:Three Merry Roads to T-Violation,by Bryan W.Roberts
T violation Quantum Mechanics Quantum Field Theory General Mechancs
2016/6/12
Dr. Rob erts has provided a lucid account of the analytical arguments that underlie the study of T-violation [1]. His clear presentation makes my task rather easy. I will discuss T violation in a very...
Semantic Epistemology:A Brief Response to Devitt
epistemology semantic intuitions expertise reference epistemología semántica intuiciones semanticas expertos referencia
2016/5/30
In this article, I argue that philosophers’ intuitions about reference are not more reliable than lay people’s and that intuitions about the reference of proper names and uses of proper names provide ...
In the current issue of this journal, Guy Lancaster offered “What Constitutes New
Religious Movements: A Question of Typology,” a meditation on what is meant by “new” in
“new religious movement,” an...
In a recent paper presented to the religious studies and theology department at the University of Otago and more recently in the Journal of Religion & Society, Gregory Dawes has argued for the “presum...
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...
Qeauty and the Books: A Response to Lewis's Quantum Sleeping Beauty Problem
Quantum Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty
2009/6/11
In his 2007 paper “Quantum Sleeping Beauty”, Peter Lewis poses a problem for appeals to subjective probability in the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics. Lewis’s argument hinges on parallels ...
“Historicism, Understanding, and Judgment: A Response to Curtis J. Evans”
Historicism Understanding Judgment
2009/6/9
Curtis J. Evans and I agree on many things. We agree that Booker T. Washington disparaged the religious life of Afro-Americans in many venues for many years. We agree that he directed his critique not...
The Identical Rivals Response to Underdetermination
underdetermination identical rivals Einstein
2009/3/30
The underdetermination of theory by data obtains when, inescapably,
evidence is insufficient to allow scientists to decide responsibly
between rival theories. One response to would-be underdetermina...
It has been two years since I became interested in the Cape Wind project and examined the role of aesthetics involved in the controversy surrounding it. If approved, this will be the first offshore w...
Response to Belot's "Whose Devil? Which Details?"
Explanation Asymptotics Intertheoretic Relations
2008/4/22
I respond to Belot's argument and defend the view that sometimes "fundamental" are explanatorily inadequate and need to be supplemented with certain aspects of less fundamental "theories emeritus."
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A brief explanation of the heuristic value of paradoxes as well as a critique of Mr. Lynds's argument by reductio ad absurdam.
Better Policy through Better Science: Using Metascience to Improve Dose-Response Curves in Biology and in ICRP Ecological Risk Assessment
Better Science Better Policy
2008/4/9
Many people argue that uncertain science -- or controversial policies based on science -- can be clarified primarily by greater attention to the social and ethical values influencing the science and t...