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Non-locality of the phenomenon of consciousness according to Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose is known for his proposals, in collaboration with Stuart Hameroff, for quantum action in the brain. These proposals, which are still recent, have a prior, less known basis, which will be studied in the following work. First, the paper situates the framework from which a mathematical physicist like Penrose proposes to speak about consciousness. Then it shows how he understands the possible relationships between computation and consciousness and what criticism from other authors he endorses, to conclude by explaining how he understands this relationship between consciousness and computation. Then, it focuses on the concept of non-locality so essential to his understanding of consciousness. With some examples, such as impossible objects or aperiodic tiling, the study addresses the concept of non-locality as Penrose understands it, and then shows how far he intends to arrive with that concept of non-locality. At all times the approach will be more philosophical than physical
Irreducible Lie-Yamaguti algebras
Lie-Yamaguti algebras (or generalized Lie triple systems) are binary-ternary
algebras intimately related to reductive homogeneous spaces. The Lie-Yamaguti
algebras which are irreducible as modules over their Lie inner derivation
algebra are the algebraic counterpart of the isotropy irreducible homogeneous
spaces. These systems will be shown to split into three disjoint types: adjoint
type, non-simple type and generic type. The systems of the first two types will
be classified and most of them will be shown to be related to a Generalized
Tits Construction of Lie algebras.Comment: 25 page
Tendències de transformació de la Ciutat Metropolitana: El Baix Llobregat davant la conjuntura del seu destí
La dimensión ética de la ciencia según Mariano Artigas
The Ethical Dimension of Science According to Mariano Artigas: Many authors have written, from different approaches, about the relationships between ethics and science. In this work, we analyze how Mariano Artigas did it. He gives great importance to ethics, which he considers a philosophical presupposition of scientific activity. A detailed analysis of his work allows to understand to what extent ethics is important for science. Specifically, we consider the relationships of ethics with humans and with science; the interweaving and the distinction between both of them; the importance of ethics as a hermeneutical key in Popper; and the emergence of ethics before, during, and after scientific activity
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