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McKenna, Travis (2023) Laws of Nature and their Supporting Casts. [Preprint]
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William J. Wolf, Karim P. Y. Thébault
Thu Jun 29 2023 11:10:24 (1 day)
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We develop and apply a multi-dimensional account of explanatory depth towards a comparative analysis of inflationary and bouncing paradigms in primordial cosmology. Our analysis builds on earlier work due to Azhar and Loeb (2021) that establishes initial conditions fine-tuning as a dimension of explanatory depth relevant to debates in contemporary cosmology. We propose dynamical fine-tuning and autonomy as two further dimensions of depth in the context of problems with instability and trans-Planckian modes that afflict bouncing and inflationary approaches respectively. In the context of the latter issue, we argue that the recently formulated trans-Planckian censorship conjecture leads to a trade-off for inflationary models between dynamical fine-tuning and autonomy. We conclude with the suggestion that explanatory preference with regard to the different dimensions of depth is best understood in terms of differing attitudes towards heuristics for future model building.
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Quntao Zhuang
Thu Jun 29 2023 08:00:00 (2 days)
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Nature Physics, Published online: 29 June 2023; doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02111-6
In principle, quantum entanglement gives advantages in radar detection even under noisy and lossy operating conditions. More than a decade after the proposal, the predicted quantum advantage has finally been demonstrated at microwave frequencies.
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Zhi-Wei Wang, Samuel L. Braunstein
Wed Jun 28 2023 09:34:55 (3 days)
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Dennis Sciama argued that the existence of life depended on many quantities, the fundamental constants, so in a random universe life should be highly unlikely. However, without full knowledge of these constants, his argument implies a universe that would appear to be `intelligently designed.’
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Wed Jun 28 2023 09:34:54 (3 days)
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In this paper I argue that the fundamental aspect of our notion of time is that it defines an order relation, be it a total order relation between configurations of the world or just a partial order relation between events. This position is in contrast with a relationalist view popular in the quantum gravity literature, according to which it is just correlations between physical quantities that we observe and which capture every aspect of temporality in the world, at least according to general relativity. I argue that the view of time as defining an order relation is perfectly compatible with the way general relativity is applied, while the relationalist view has to face some challenges. This debate is important not only from the perspective of the metaphysics of space and time and of how to interpret our physical theories, but also for the development and understanding of theories of quantum gravity.
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Ardourel, Vincent and Bangu, Sorin (2023) Finite-size scaling theory: Quantitative and qualitative approaches to critical phenomena. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 100. pp. 99-106. ISSN 00393681
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Derakhshani, Maaneli (2023) Another thing in this universe that cannot be an illusion. Sam Harris: Critical Responses (Critical Responses, 2), edited by Sandra Woien. Publisher: Carus Books, January 10, 2023. ISBN: 9781637700242. pp. 223-234.
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Stoica, Ovidiu Cristinel (2023) The Relation between Wavefunction and 3D Space Implies Many Worlds with Local Beables and Probabilities. Quantum Reports, 5 (1). pp. 102-115. ISSN 2624-960X
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Ovidiu Cristinel, Stoica (2023) Does a computer think if no one is around to see it? [Preprint]
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de Ronde, Christian (2023) Bohr’s Anti-Realist Realism in Contemporary (Quantum) Physics and Philosophy. [Preprint]
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| The Lorentz transformation in a fishbowl: a comment on Cheng and Read’s “Why not a sound postulate?” |
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Shanahan, Daniel (2023) The Lorentz transformation in a fishbowl: a comment on Cheng and Read’s “Why not a sound postulate?”. Foundations of Physics, 53 (55). ISSN 15729516,00159018
