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Weekly Papers on Philosophy of Mind (38)

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 The Consciousness of Embodied Cognition, Affordances, and the Brain brain [x] consciousness [x] experience [x] phenomenal [x] add tag Latest Results for Topoi on 2017-9-21 5:00am Abstract Tony Chemero advances the radical thesis that cognition and consciousness are actually the same thing. I question this conclusion. Even if we are the brain–body environmental synergies that Chemero and others claim, we will not be able to conclude that consciousness… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (37)

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Time in the theory of relativity: on natural clocks, proper time, the clock hypothesis, and all that  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-9-15 9:50pm GMT Bacelar Valente, Mario (2013) Time in the theory of relativity: on natural clocks, proper time, the clock hypothesis, and all that. [Preprint] The relativity of simultaneity and presentism  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (36)

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From Euclidean Geometry to Knots and Nets  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-9-09 2:25am GMT Larvor, Brendan (2017) From Euclidean Geometry to Knots and Nets. [Preprint] Classical analogue of the Unruh effect. (arXiv:1709.02200v1 [gr-qc])  gr-qc updates on arXiv.org on 2017-9-09 1:51am GMT Authors: Ulf Leonhardt, Itay Griniasty, Sander Wildeman, Emmanuel Fort, Mathias Fink In the Unruh effect an observer with constant acceleration… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (35)

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S-matrix interpretation in categorical quantum mechanics. (arXiv:1708.09383v1 [quant-ph])  quant-ph updates on arXiv.org on 2017-9-02 2:02am GMT Authors: Xiao-Kan Guo We study the $S$-matrix interpretation of quantum theory in light of Categotical Quantum Mechanics. The $S$-matrix interpretation of quantum theory is shown to be a functorial semantics relating the algebras of quantum theory to the effective $S$-matrix formalism. Consequently, issues such as… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (34)

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Bound states and the Special Composition Question  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-8-25 6:53pm GMT McKenzie, Kerry and Muller, F.A. (2017) Bound states and the Special Composition Question. [Preprint] On the Mass of Atoms in Molecules: Beyond the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation  Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. X on 2017-8-25 2:00pm GMT Author(s): Arne Scherrer, Federica Agostini, Daniel Sebastiani,… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (33)

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No smooth beginning for spacetime. (arXiv:1705.00192v2 [hep-th] UPDATED)  gr-qc updates on arXiv.org on 2017-8-19 8:40am GMT Authors: Job Feldbrugge, Jean-Luc Lehners, Neil Turok We identify a fundamental obstruction to any theory of the beginning of the universe, formulated as a semiclassical path integral. Hartle and Hawking’s no boundary proposal and Vilenkin’s tunneling proposal are examples of such theories. Each may be formulated as… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (32)

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Adiabatic Theorem for Quantum Spin Systems  PRL: General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. on 2017-8-11 2:00pm GMT Author(s): S. Bachmann, W. De Roeck, and M. Fraas The first proof of the quantum adiabatic theorem was given as early as 1928. Today, this theorem is increasingly applied in a many-body context, e.g., in quantum annealing and in studies… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (31)

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Imaging Uncertainty  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-8-04 7:15pm GMT Eva, Benjamin and Hartmann, Stephan (2017) Imaging Uncertainty. [Preprint] The Chances of Propensities  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-8-04 7:14pm GMT Suárez, Mauricio (2016) The Chances of Propensities. [Preprint] The Relativistic Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-8-04 7:11pm GMT… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (30)

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What can (mathematical) categories tell us about space-time?  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-7-28 8:23pm GMT Sanders, Ko (2015) What can (mathematical) categories tell us about space-time? In: UNSPECIFIED. Time Symmetric Quantum Theory Without Retrocausality. (arXiv:1707.08641v1 [quant-ph])  quant-ph updates on arXiv.org on 2017-7-28 2:25am GMT Authors: Tim Maudlin In their recent paper “Is a Time Symmetric Interpretation of… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (29)

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Spacetime and Physical Equivalence   Fundamental limits on quantum dynamics based on entropy change. (arXiv:1707.06584v1 [quant-ph])  quant-ph updates on arXiv.org on 2017-7-21 2:13am GMT Authors: Siddhartha Das, Sumeet Khatri, George Siopsis, Mark M. Wilde It is well known in the realm of quantum mechanics and information theory that the entropy is non-decreasing for the class of unital physical processes. However, in general, the entropy… Read more →

Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (28)

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Resolving the observer reference class problem in cosmology  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-7-14 7:20pm GMT Friederich, Simon (2017) Resolving the observer reference class problem in cosmology. Physical Review D, 95 (12). p. 123520. Symmetries and the identity of physical states  Philsci-Archive: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. on 2017-7-14 7:14pm GMT Friederich, Simon (2016) Symmetries and… Read more →