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I give a brief account of the way in which thermodynamics and statistical mechanics actually work as contemporary scientific theories, and in particular of what statistical mechanics contributes to th...
Does gravity induce wavefunction collapse?An examination of Penrose's conjecture
gravity wavefunction collapse quantum mechanics general relativity measurement problem
2016/6/13
According to Penrose, the fundamental conflict between the superposition principle of quantum mechanics and the principle of general covariance of general relativity entails the existence of wavefunct...
Does cosmological expansion affect local physics?
Cosmology General Relativity Black Holes
2016/6/13
In this contribution I wish to address the question whether, and how, the global cosmological expansion influences local physics, like particle orbits and black hole geometries. Regarding the former I...
The standard view in epistemology is that propositional knowledge entails belief. Positive arguments are seldom given for this entailment thesis, however; instead, its truth is typically assumed. Agai...
Similarity Assessments,Spacetime,and the Gravitational Field:What Does the Metric Tensor Represent in General Relativity?
general relativity metric tensor similarity-based reasoning
2016/5/30
In this paper I explore the dialectics underlying the choice between a geometrical and a field interpretation of the metric tensor gab in general relativity. My aim is to examine the role of a specifi...
Does Structural Realism Provide the Best Explanation of the Predictive Success of Science?
Structural Realism Phlogiston Chemistry Scientific realism
2016/5/30
I examine Carrier’s and Ladyman’s structural realist (‘SR’) explanation of the predictive success of phlogiston chemistry. On their account, it succeeds because phlogiston chemists grasped that there ...
Does Religiosity Promote Property Rights and the Rule of Law?
Religion religiosity rule of law property rights institutions
2014/6/23
Social and cultural determinants of economic institutions and outcomes have come to the forefront of economic research. We introduce religiosity, measured as the share for which religion is important ...
Does heterophenomenology concede too much? Experiments on the Folk Theory of Consciousness
Experiments Folk Theory
2009/6/18
It is fairly common in the modern debates over qualia to find assumptions being made about the views of non-philosophers. It is often assumed that the concept is part of the folk theory of consciousne...
Does the Rational Theory of Addiction Suffer Explanatory Impotence?
addiction rational choice
2009/4/16
In this essay I examine the Rational Theory of Addiction proposed by Becker and Murphy in 1988. Their theory is an extension of rational choice theory to explain and predict aspects of addiction. Beck...
Does Sad Music Make One Sad? An Ethnographic Perspective
negative emotions and music arousal theory sadness in music
2008/11/7
The question of the presence and role of negative emotions in the experience of music Does sad music make one sad? has been recognized as a key to understanding much musical experience, especially i...
Thermodynamic Irreversibility: Does the Big Bang Explain what it Purports to Explain?
Past Hypothesis Big Bang Reversibility objection
2008/4/21
In this paper I examine Albert’s (2000) claim that the low entropy state of the early universe is sufficient to explain irreversible thermodynamic phenomena. In particular, I argue that conditionalisi...
Toward a Hermeneutic Categorical Mathematicsorwhy Category theory does not support mathematical structuralism
Category theory Hermeneutics Mathematics
2008/4/21
In this paper I argue that Category theory provides an alternative to Hilbert’s Formal Axiomatic method and doesn't support Mathematical Structuralism.
Why the Big Bang Singularity does not Help the Kalam Cosmological Argument for Theism
creation Kalam cosmological argument
2008/4/15
The Big Bang singularity provides little or no evidence for creation in the finite past and hence for theism. Whether one dismisses singularities or takes them seriously, physics licenses no first mom...
Does special relativity theory tell us anything new about space and time?
special relativity space-time operationalism
2008/4/11
It will be shown that, in comparison with the pre-relativistic Galileo-invariant conceptions, special relativity tells us nothing new about the geometry of spacetime. It simply calls something else "s...
What sort of entities are electrons, photons and atoms given their wave-like and particle-like properties? Is nature fundamentally deterministic or probabilistic? Orthodox quantum theory (OQT) evades ...