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Why Einstein did not believe that General Relativity geometrizes gravity
General Relativity Einstein Geometrization Unification Inertia Gravity Geodesic Equation Meyerson
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2016/6/14
I argue that, contrary to folklore, Einstein never really cared for geometrizing the gravitational or (subsequently) the electromagnetic field; indeed, he thought that the very statement that General ...
God Knows (But does God Believe?)
God Knows does God Believe
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2016/5/30
The standard view in epistemology is that propositional knowledge entails belief. Positive arguments are seldom given for this entailment thesis, however; instead, its truth is typically assumed. Agai...
Models as make-believe
models idealization representation make-believe
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2008/4/15
According to a widespread view of scientific modelling, the false ‘prepared descriptions’ and theoretical laws that scientists write down when they model a system do not represent that system directly...
I Can’t Believe I’m Stupid
anti-expert reliability unreliability
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2008/4/14
It is bad news to find out that one's cognitive or perceptual faculties are defective. Furthermore, it’s not always transparent how one ought to revise one's beliefs in light of such news. Two sorts o...
Epistemology Quantized: circumstances in which we should come to believe in the Everett interpretation
Quantum Mechanics
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2008/4/11
I consider exactly what is involved in a solution to the probability problem of the Everett interpretation, in the light of recent work on applying considerations from decision theory to that problem....