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Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (10)

On the Nature of Discrete Space-Time: The distance formula, relativistic time dilation and length contraction in discrete space-time. (arXiv:1803.03126v1 [physics.gen-ph])  gr-qc updates on arXiv.org on 2018-3-10 1:42am GMT Authors: David Crouse, Joseph Skufca In this work, the relativistic phenomena of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction and time dilation are derived using a modified distance formula that is appropriate for discrete space. This new distance formula… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (9)

Emergent gravity from relatively local Hamiltonians and a possible resolution of the black hole information puzzle. (arXiv:1803.00556v1 [hep-th])  hep-th updates on arXiv.org on 2018-3-02 1:31pm GMT Authors: Sung-Sik Lee In this paper, we study a possibility where gravity and time emerge from quantum matter. Within the Hilbert space of matter fields defined on a spatial manifold, we consider a sub-Hilbert space… Read more →

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Would quantum entanglement be increased by anti-Unruh effect?. (arXiv:1802.07886v1 [gr-qc])  hep-th updates on arXiv.org on 2018-2-24 1:22pm GMT Authors: Taotao Li, Baocheng Zhang, Li You We study the “anti-Unruh effect” for an entangled quantum state in reference to the counterintuitive cooling previously pointed out for an accelerated detector coupled to the vacuum. We show that quantum entanglement for an initially entangled (spacelike separated)… Read more →

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Thinking Outside the Quantum Box  Scientific American Content: Global on 2018-2-16 12:00pm GMT How the mind can make sense of quantum physics in more ways than one — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com        show enclosure Information-reality complementarity: The role of measurements and quantum reference frames  PRA: Fundamental concepts on 2018-2-16 10:00am GMT Author(s): P. R. Dieguez and R. M. Angelo… Read more →

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Gravitation in terms of observables. (arXiv:1802.02661v1 [gr-qc])  hep-th updates on arXiv.org on 2018-2-10 12:53am GMT Authors: Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin In the 1960’s, Mandelstam proposed a new approach to gauge theories and gravity based on loops. The program for gauge theories was completed for Yang–Mills theories by Gambini and Trias in the 1980’s. Gauge theories could be understood as representations of certain… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (5)

How to Build an Infinite Lottery Machine We propose two novel alternative manners of doing so, `no-leaking’ (roughly that information gain causes disturbance) and `purity of cups’ (roughly the existence of entangled states). Interestingly, these turn out to be equivalent in any process theory with cups and caps. Additionally, we show how the standard purification postulate can then be seen… Read more →

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Inertial Trajectories in de Broglie-Bohm Theory: an unexpected problem  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2018-1-26 3:44am GMT Acuña, Pablo (2017) Inertial Trajectories in de Broglie-Bohm Theory: an unexpected problem. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 30. pp. 201-230. PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES ABOUT BLACK HOLES  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2018-1-26 2:55am GMT Romero, Gustavo… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Philosophy of Mind (4)

 Two Open Problems in Consciousness Studies: In Relation to Freeman Neurodynamics consciousness [x] add tag  Latest Issue of JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES on 2018-1-25 8:11am  bookmark  blog it  not shared ↑   The Physiological Basis of Consciousness: A Clinical Ambition and the Insufficiency of Current Philosophical Proposals consciousness [x] add tag  Latest Issue of JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES on 2018-1-25 8:11am  bookmark  blog it  not shared ↑   Freeman’s Nonlinear… Read more →

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Notwithstanding Bohr, the Reasons for Qbism  Latest Issue of MIND AND MATTER on 2018-1-20 1:16am GMT Bouncing Unitary Cosmology II. Mini-Superspace Phenomenology  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2018-1-19 6:48pm GMT Gryb, Sean and Thebault, Karim (2018) Bouncing Unitary Cosmology II. Mini-Superspace Phenomenology. [Preprint] Bouncing Unitary Cosmology I. Mini-Superspace General Solution  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited…. Read more →

Weekly Papers on Philosophy of Mind (3)

 Grounding, conceivability, and the mind-body problem consciousness [x] mind [x] phenomenal [x] epistemic [x] add tag Latest Results for Synthese on 2018-2-01 12:00am Abstract This paper challenges the soundness of the two-dimensional conceivability argument against the derivation of phenomenal truths from physical truths (cf. Chalmers in The conscious mind, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996; The character of consciousness, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010) in light of a hyperintensional regimentation of… Read more →

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Mario Bunge on Gravitational Waves and the Reality of Spacetime  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2018-1-13 2:27am GMT Romero, Gustavo E. (2017) Mario Bunge on Gravitational Waves and the Reality of Spacetime. Foundations of Science. ISSN 1233-1821 Black Holes as Brains: Neural Networks with Area Law Entropy. (arXiv:1801.03918v1 [hep-th])  hep-th updates on arXiv.org on 2018-1-13 2:11am GMT… Read more →