On a Loophole in Causal Closure. [PDF]
Philosophia (Ramat Gan), 2017 Standard definitions of causal closure focus on where the causes in question are. In this paper, the focus is changed to where they are not. Causal closure is linked to the principle that no cause of another universe causes an event in a particular universe. This view permits the one universe to be affected by the other via an interface.
Gamper J.
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The Causal Closure of Physics in Real World Contexts. [PDF]
Found Phys, 2020 The causal closure of physics is usually discussed in a context free way. Here I discuss it in the context of engineering systems and biology, where strong emergence takes place due to a combination of upwards emergence and downwards causation [Ellis 2020]. Firstly, I show that causal closure is strictly limited in terms of spatial interactions because
Ellis GFR.
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‘Not finding causal effect’ is not ‘finding no causal effect’ of school closure on COVID-19 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000Research, 2021 In a paper recently published in Nature Medicine, Fukumoto et al. tried to assess the government-led school closure policy during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
Akira Endo
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Grounding Causal Closure or Something Near Enough. [PDF]
Acta AnalAbstract A causal argument for physicalism is widely held to pose a problem for dualism. This view has an unobvious presupposition, namely that the causal closure of the physical has a special sort of ground. The requisite sort of ground must distinguish the causal argument for physicalism from many defective causal arguments.
Saad B.
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Understanding the Failure of Medical Therapy in PFO-Associated Stroke and the Benefits of Closure: A Narrative Review [PDF]
Neurology InternationalPatent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in roughly one quarter of adults and is over-represented among younger patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke.
Riwaj Bhagat
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The Implausibility of the Causal Closure of the Physical [PDF]
Organon F, 2019 Much recent neuroscientific work, and in particular the programme initiated by Benjamin Libet, seeks to show “the causal closure of the physical”—that mental events never cause physical events, and in particular that our intentions never cause brain ...
Richard Swinburne
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Dermomina® clay achieves high closure rates in non-infected diabetic foot ulcers [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyIntroductionDiabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) remain a major global health burden, frequently leading to lower limb amputations, reduced quality of life, and premature mortality.
Angiolina Camilo Reynoso +2 more
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GWAS for primary angle-closure glaucoma identifies loci related to ocular biometry and morphology [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsGWAS of primary angle-closure glaucoma have identified eight loci conferring risk in Asian populations. However, it remains unclear whether the genetic risk factors for the disease are consistent across different populations. Here, we present a discovery
Robert N. Luben +38 more
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Creation, bugs, and emergence [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2021 An argument is presented, based on a common-sense interpretation of an everyday experience, for emergent dualism as the best available account of the origin of the human mind/soul. Emergent dualism is superior to subjective idealism in that it honors the
William Hasker
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More Substance, Please: A Reply To Michael Esfeld’s Minimalist Ontology of Persons
Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 2023 Michael Esfeld has recently put forth his ontology of persons, with which he hopes to secure freedom and irreducible personhood as well as scientific realism, all by working with minimal ontological assumptions.
Alin Christoph Cucu
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