The Structure of a Quantum World

I argue that the fundamental space of a quantum mechanical world is the wavefunction's space. I argue for this using some very general principles that guide our inferences to the fundamental nature of a world, for any fundamental physical theory. I suggest that ordinary three-dimensional space exists in such a world, but is non-fundamental; it emerges from the fundamental space of the wavefunction

A New Approach to the Relational-Substantival Debate

We should see the debate over the existence of spacetime as a debate about the fundamentality of spatiotemporal structure to the physical world. This is a non-traditional conception of the debate, which captures the spirit of the traditional one. At the same time, it clarifies the point of contention between opposing views and offsets worries that the dispute is stagnant or non-substantive. It also unearths a novel argument for substantivalism, given current physics. Even so, that conclusion can be overridden by future physics. I conclude that this debate is a substantive one, which the substantivalist is currently winning

Formulations of Classical Mechanics

I outline three formulations of classical mechanics, Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics, that are ordinarily seen as fully equivalent—notational variants of a single theory. I point to various differences, both mathematical and metaphysical, that may be significant enough to warrant their being distinct theories

A New Approach to the Relational-Substantival Debate

We should see the debate over the existence of spacetime as a debate about the fundamentality of spatiotemporal structure to the physical world. This is a non-traditional conception of the debate, which captures the spirit of the traditional one. At the same time, it clarifies the point of contention between opposing views and offsets worries that the dispute is stagnant or non-substantive. It also unearths a novel argument for substantivalism, given current physics. Even so, that conclusion can be overridden by future physics. I conclude that this debate is a substantive one, which the substantivalist is currently winning

Formulations of Classical Mechanics

I outline three formulations of classical mechanics, Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics, that are ordinarily seen as fully equivalent—notational variants of a single theory. I point to various differences, both mathematical and metaphysical, that may be significant enough to warrant their being distinct theories

Formulations of Classical Mechanics

I outline three formulations of classical mechanics, Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics, that are ordinarily seen as fully equivalent—notational variants of a single theory. I point to various differences, both mathematical and metaphysical, that may be significant enough to warrant their being distinct theories

The Experience and Meaning of a Marianist Education Today: A National High School Study of Mission and School Culture

Focus groups conducted with students, parents, teachers, and alumni (N=540) at 13 Catholic Marianist high schools provided rich insights into the experience and meaning of the education provided at these institutions. While academic excellence was a common thread woven across meaning given by both parents and teachers, students and alumni articulated a meaning replete with images of belonging. That these schools valued persons holistically (rather than solely academically) permeated most groups. Using theories of organizational culture as the foundation, the relationship between missions and the meaning of life in these schools is discussed

The role of attributional style in the development of depression in college females with pathological eating practices

In this experiment, participants were randomly assigned to receive either stressful false feedback or non-stressful false feedback following a weight-related fictional test. Participants were assessed on eating disorder measures to determine their degree of eating pathology. Those with a higher degree of eating pathology reported more body dissatisfaction and higher levels of clinical depression. In addition they made more depressogenic attributions and became more depressed, anxious, and hostile following stressful false feedback