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Reason, causation and compatibility with the phenomena
'Reason, Causation and Compatibility with the Phenomena' strives to give answers to the philosophical problem of the interplay between realism, explanation and experience. This book is a compilation of essays that recollect significant conceptions of rival terms such as determinism and freedom, reason and appearance, power and knowledge. This title discusses the progress made in epistemology and natural philosophy, especially the steps that led from the ancient theory of atomism to the modern quantum theory, and from mathematization to analytic philosophy. Moreover, it provides possible gateways from modern deadlocks of theory either through approaches to consciousness or through historical critique of intellectual authorities.
This work will be of interest to those either researching or studying in colleges and universities, especially in the departments of philosophy, history of science, philosophy of science, philosophy of physics and quantum mechanics, history of ideas and culture. Greek and Latin Literature students and instructors may also find this book to be both a fascinating and valuable point of reference
Metatheoretical critics on current trends in Quantum Mechanics
Is our purpose in this article to review several approaches to modern problems in quantum mechanics from a critical point of view using the approximation of the traditional mathematical thinking. Nevertheless we point out several natural questions that arise in abstract mathematical reasoning
Observable frequency shifts via spin-rotation coupling
The phase perturbation arising from spin-rotation coupling is developed as a
natural extension of the celebrated Sagnac effect. Experimental evidence in
support of this phase shift, however, has yet to be realized due to the
exceptional sensitivity required. We draw attention to the relevance of a
series of experiments establishing that circularly polarized light, upon
passing through a rotating half-wave plate, is changed in frequency by twice
the rotation rate. These experiments may be interpreted as demonstrating the
role of spin-rotation coupling in inducing this frequency shift, thus providing
direct empirical verification of the coupling of the photon helicity to
rotation. A neutron interferometry experiment is proposed which would be
sensitive to an analogous frequency shift for fermions. In this arrangement,
polarized neutrons enter an interferometer containing two spin flippers, one of
which is rotating while the other is held stationary. An observable beating in
the transmitted neutron beam intensity is predicted.Comment: LaTeX, 15 pages with 4 PostScript figures, submitted to Phys. Lett.
Philosophy of Computer Science: An Introductory Course
There are many branches of philosophy called “the philosophy of X,” where X = disciplines ranging from history to physics. The philosophy of artificial intelligence has a long history, and there are many courses and texts with that title. Surprisingly, the philosophy of computer science is not nearly as well-developed. This article proposes topics that might constitute the philosophy of computer science and describes a course covering those topics, along with suggested readings and assignments
Armstrong Academics August 2004
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