Constraints on Localization and Decomposition as Explanatory Strategies in the Biological Sciences     mechanism,localization  decomposition  systems neuroscience  graph theory       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2016/5/31

Several articles have recently appeared arguing that there really are no viable alternatives to mechanistic explanation in the biological sciences (Kaplan and Craver 2011; Kaplan and Bechtel 2011). Th...

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The Perceptual Constraints on Pictorial Realism     Pictorial Realism  Perceptual Constraints       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2008/11/6

I argue in this paper that our concept of pictorial realism should include a reference to perceptual proficiency relative to a cultural context. I argue this by demonstrating the greater explanatory ...

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Dirac on Gauges and Constraints     symmetry  gauges  constraints  equivalence  arbitrariness       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2008/4/11

This paper is devoted to examining the relevance of Dirac's view on the use of transformation theory and invariants in modern physics --- as it emerges from his 1930 book on quantum mechanics as well ...

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Characterizing quantum theory in terms of information-theoretic constraints     quantum information  entanglement  nonlocality       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2008/4/10

We show that three fundamental information-theoretic constraints -- the impossibility of superluminal information transfer between two physical systems by performing measurements on one of them, the i...

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Constraints on the Origin of Coherence in Far-from-equilibrium Chemical Systems     化学  化学哲学  chemistry philosophy  chemistry       font style='font-size:12px;'> 2007/3/19

Consideration of how dynamic coherences arise from less organized antecedents (`concrescence') is one of the central concerns of Whitehead's thought. Other chapters in this volume consider how his con...

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