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Room for Improvement: Why Finitist Arguments Do Not Check Out

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine several new and underexplored arguments for the finitude of the past and the impossibility of Hilbert's Hotel. The first argument concludes that Hilbert's Hotel is impossible due to an alleged contradiction arising from the causal powers of infinitely many guests.
Joseph C. Schmid, Troy Dana
wiley   +1 more source

Doomsday or Multiverse Bias

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bayesian epistemology faces serious challenges when dealing with self‐locating evidence. This paper argues that, given two modest assumptions about how confirmation should work (Patterning and Live Centers), Bayesianism faces an unavoidable dilemma.
Yoaav Isaacs
wiley   +1 more source

The Ellis-Baldwin test. [PDF]

open access: yesPhilos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
Secrest NJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

String cosmology

open access: yes, 2008
ANGELANTONJ, Carlo, M. LITTERIO
openaire   +2 more sources

The Impacts of Weather Variability and Shocks on Farmers and Indigenous Peoples' Consumption: Evidence From Panama

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weather variability and shocks pose significant challenges for tropical developing countries, making it crucial to understand their effects on consumption to address the existing deficiencies among the most vulnerable groups. This study examines the impact of weather variability and shocks on household consumption in Panama, utilizing repeated
Ambar Lineth Chavez Espinosa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fractured selves, contested lands: Marlpa identity and the politics of native title

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the constitution of marlpa identity in the Pilbara, emphasising the interplay between Aboriginal ontologies, kinship systems and the institutional frameworks of native title. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and oral histories, it argues that marlpa belonging is constituted through cognatic descent, consubstantial ...
Nayeli Torres‐Montenegro
wiley   +1 more source

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