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Between quantum logic and concurrency [PDF]

open access: yesElectronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 2014
We start from two closure operators defined on the elements of a special kind of partially ordered sets, called causal nets. Causal nets are used to model histories of concurrent processes, recording occurrences of local states and of events. If every
Luca Bernardinello   +2 more
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‘Not finding causal effect’ is not ‘finding no causal effect’ of school closure on COVID-19

open access: yesF1000Research, 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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Measurement of Consciousness: A Framework for the Scientific Study of Consciousness

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
Scientists studying consciousness are attempting to identify correlations between measurements of consciousness and the physical world. Consciousness can only be measured through first-person reports, which raises problems about the accuracy of first ...
David eGamez
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Theology and Naturalism

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
Historically and today, the movement of naturalism affirms the reality of the natural world, rejecting religious views of God, the soul, and values when these are understood to be supernatural or transcending the natural world.
Charles Taliaferro
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The Causal Exclusion Argument and its Critique in Debates on Reductionism: The Case of One Specific Clash [PDF]

open access: yesФилософия и космология
One of the modern forms of philosophical discussion about the essence of mentality is the dispute between (“classical”) physicalists (who take a reductionist position) and the so-called non-reductive materialists.
Oleksandr Holubenko
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Causal Pathway Extraction from Web-Board Documents

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
This research aim is to extract causal pathways, particularly disease causal pathways, through cause-effect relation (CErel) extraction from web-board documents.
Chaveevan Pechsiri, Rapepun Piriyakul
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Establishment of the Heart and Brain Team for Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in Stroke Patients: An Expert Opinion [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Stroke, 2022
The online 2021 Asian-Pacific Heart and Brain Summit was organized to present and discuss experiences within leading Asian-Pacific centers with regard to institutional heart and brain teams managing the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of cryptogenic ...
Jong S. Kim   +8 more
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How True is Causal Closure? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Within the study of philosophy of mind, a principle known as causal closure has been a well-accepted topic for many years. Causal closure is used to describe the nature of causality within our universe and the principle goes as follows: “all physical ...
Ravelli, Paul
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A Non-Reductionist Solution to the Problem of Social Causation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The thesis of the causal closure of the physical world renders mental and social causation philosophically problematic. In The Construction of Social Reality, John Searle offers a partial solution to the problem of the causal efficacy of social and ...
A. dos S. Gouvea, Rodrigo
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Soul-Body Dualism and Science

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
This entry begins with a consideration of what a soul is and whether it is reasonable to believe in its existence. It then looks at what, if anything, the Bible teaches about the existence of the soul, and whether there are non-biblical reasons for ...
Stewart Goetz
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