The Effect of Western Dualisms Since Greek times, Western philosophy has separated subjects from each other. These include epistemology (how we know), ontology (what exists), and logic (relations between propositions). The separation relies on two dualisms. First, the dualism of mind and body in which epistemology pertains to the mind […]
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Quantum Objects as Meaningful Symbols
Abstract This paper illustrates, through examples[1], how quantum theory can be seen as a theory of symbols. Ordinary signs have classical properties but not meaning; we interpret their physical properties as meanings. This is because the signs are described physically. If, however, space-time is interpreted as a domain of types […]
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Choices in General Relativity
Abstract While it is well-known that general relativity allows degenerate solutions to the field equations, it is believed that this indeterminism does not have experimental consequences. In this article I argue to the contrary: that current ways of thinking about matter distributions miss one important kind of distribution in which […]