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To Teach Modal Logic: An Opinionated Survey
I aim to promote an alternative agenda for teaching modal logic chiefly
inspired by the relationships between modal logic and philosophy. The guiding
idea for this proposal is a reappraisal of the interest of modal logic in
philosophy, which do not stem mainly from mathematical issues, but which is
motivated by central problems of philosophy and language. I will point out some
themes to start elaborating a guide for a more comprehensive approach to teach
modal logic, and consider the contributions of dual-process theories in
cognitive science, in order to explore a pedagogical framework for the proposed
point of view.Comment: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Tools for
Teaching Logic (TTL2015), Rennes, France, June 9-12, 2015. Editors: M.
Antonia Huertas, Jo\~ao Marcos, Mar\'ia Manzano, Sophie Pinchinat,
Fran\c{c}ois Schwarzentrube
Violation of Bell's inequalities in a quantum realistic framework
We discuss the recently observed "loophole free" violation of Bell's
inequalities in the framework of a physically realist view of quantum
mechanics, which requires that physical properties are attributed jointly to a
system, and to the context in which it is embedded. This approach is clearly
different from classical realism, but it does define a meaningful "quantum
realism" from a general philosophical point of view. Consistently with Bell
test experiments, this quantum realism embeds some form of non-locality, but
does not contain any action at a distance, in agreement with quantum mechanics.Comment: This article is closely related to arxiv:1409.2120, with some parts
condensed and others expanded, in order to spell out how the present approach
explains quantum non-locality. In v2 some clarifications and improvements
following referees remark
Contexts, Systems and Modalities: a new ontology for quantum mechanics
In this article we present a possible way to make usual quantum mechanics
fully compatible with physical realism, defined as the statement that the goal
of physics is to study entities of the natural world, existing independently
from any particular observer's perception, and obeying universal and
intelligible rules. Rather than elaborating on the quantum formalism itself, we
propose to modify the quantum ontology, by requiring that physical properties
are attributed jointly to the system, and to the context in which it is
embedded. In combination with a quantization principle, this non-classical
definition of physical reality sheds new light on counter-intuitive features of
quantum mechanics such as the origin of probabilities, non-locality, and the
quantum-classical boundary.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures. In v2 extended section VI on EPR, and new section
VII on measurement
A Priori or A Posteriori?
This article discusses the role of a priori and a posteriori knowledge and methods in metaphysics and metametaphysics. Issues discussed include the viability of the distinction, the continuity of a priori and a posteriori methods, connections to modal epistemology, and the role of the distinction for science and naturalistic metaphysics
The Feasibility of Neuroimaging Methods in Marketing Research
On July 17, 1990, President George Bush issued “Proclamation #6158” which boldly declared the following ten years would be called the “Decade of the Brain” (Bush, 1990). Accordingly, the research mandates of all US federal biomedical institutions worldwide were redirected towards the study of the brain in general and cognitive neuroscience specifically. In 2008, one of the greatest legacies of this “Decade of the Brain” is the impressive array of techniques that can be used to study cortical activity. We now stand at a juncture where cognitive function can be mapped in the time, space and frequency domains, as and when such activity occurs. These advanced techniques have led to discoveries in many fields of research and clinical science, including psychology and psychiatry. Unfortunately, neuroscientific techniques have yet to be enthusiastically adopted by the social sciences. Market researchers, as specialized social scientists, have an unparalleled opportunity to adopt cognitive neuroscientific techniques and significantly redefine the field and possibly even cause substantial dislocations in business models. Following from this is a significant opportunity for more commercially-oriented researchers to employ such techniques in their own offerings. This report examines the feasibility of these techniques
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