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The Contingent Spotlight Theory

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper I defend the Contingent Spotlight Theory, a theory of modality analogous to the Moving Spotlight Theory in the philosophy of time. My defence of the theory consists in developing responses to three objections that have been raised against it, two of which are due to Lewis (1986).
Daniel Deasy
wiley   +1 more source

Real-time inference for binary neutron star mergers using machine learning. [PDF]

Nature
Dax M, Green SR, Gair J, Gupte N, Pürrer M, Raymond V, Wildberger J, Macke JH, Buonanno A, Schölkopf B.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A New Hilbert's Hotel Argument Against Past‐Eternalism

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a new formulation of the “Hilbert's Hotel Argument” (HHA) which is superior to existing formulations because it (1) demonstrates that HH is logically impossible in the concrete world, (2) takes into account the need to consider the assumptions of HHA, and (3) offers a reply to an important objection concerning the validity of
Andrew Ter Ern Loke, Eli Haitov
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomous password generation and setting system with cosmic coding and transfer (COSMOCAT) and cosmic time calibrator (CTC). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Tanaka HKM, Cantoni E, Cerretto G, Duffy A, Holma M, Krishnan S, Oláh L, Sellone M, Steigerwald S, Varga D.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On recognizing the real: Beauty and affliction in Simone Weil

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract If the guiding question of ethics is “how should I live?,” then the guiding question of aesthetics might be “what is beauty?” For Simone Weil, these two questions have intertwined answers that turn on a like conceptual apparatus. Focussing on Weil's foremost ethical problem, the plight of the afflicted (malheur), this article offers an account
Christopher Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

Ab-initio dynamic study of mechanisms for dust-mediated molecular hydrogen formation in space. [PDF]

Commun Chem
Guo Y, McKenzie DR.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Crazy Idea: Ibn Sīnā on Hylomorphism, the Elements, Mixture and Evolutionary Processes

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ibn Sīnā (c. 973‐1037), the Avicenna of Latin fame, developed a unique theory of the elements and their status in mixtures that severely challenged the views of earlier natural philosophers and in its turn was severely challenged by later Latin Schoolmen in the West.
Jon McGinnis
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of fractured zones, faults, and cavities by high resolution muon tomography in the Buda Hills. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Balázs L, Hamar G, Csicsek Á, Surányi G, Varga D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy: Status and prospects for cosmic-ray physics

, 2012
V. Van Elewyck
openalex   +2 more sources

Audibilia

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The contemporary debate about the ontology of sounds appears stuck. Two main contestants—the medial view and the located event view—each have a number of arguments on their side, while each needs to either accommodate or downplay the arguments speaking for the competing approach.
Hannes Ole Matthiessen
wiley   +1 more source