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A Formal Theory of Robert Nozick's Framework for Utopia

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers the very first formal model of Robert Nozick's model of possible worlds and his vision of a utopian society, as outlined in Part III of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Nozick envisioned utopia as a meta‐utopia—a collection of self‐organized, voluntary sub‐communities—arguing that such an institutional framework is equivalent to ...
Susumu Cato, Hun Chung
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In Defense of Comparability: Reply to Carlson and Risberg

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In “The Case for Comparability,” we argue that every comparative expression “F$F$” obeys Comparability: if two things are at least as F$F$ as themselves, then one of them must be at least as F$F$ as the other. One of our arguments appeals to the apparent validity of the Strong Monotonicity schema: x$x$ is F$F$; y$y$ is not F$F$; so, x$x$ is ...
Cian Dorr, Jacob M. Nebel, Jake Zuehl
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Fallacy in Gettier's Counterexample

, 2012
通过对“谬误推理“与“二律背反“本质的阐释,尝试性地解决知识论中葛梯尔问题带来的挑战。简要地介绍了“葛梯尔反例“的背景以及一些相应的理论,分析了康德解决“谬误推理“和“二律背反“的原理、方法,通过对“葛梯尔反例“的再分析,得到其问题的实质在于认识论与形而上学的混淆,并提出相应的解决办法。Elucidation of the essence of 'paralogism' and 'antinomy' is made to solve the challenge of Gettier's ...
陈积坚
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Planning for Mistakes

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How should you decide what to do? Orthodox decision theory offers attractively simple advice: Do whatever has the most expected value. In what follows, I argue that this is not always good advice for agents like us. Agents like us are susceptible to error: Sometimes, we do not succeed at doing what is recommended by the advice we are trying to
Sam Carter
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A conjecture of Mallows and Sloane with the universal denominator of Hilbert series

Open Mathematics
A conjecture of Mallows and Sloane conveys the dominance of Hilbert series for finding basic invariants of finite linear groups if the Hilbert series of the invariant ring is of a certain explicit canonical form.
Zhang Yang, Nan Jizhu, Ma Yongsheng
doaj   +1 more source

Secrecy: An Epistemological Account

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the ethical and political implications of secrecy are significant, I argue here that its fundamental nature is epistemological and that any account of its nature must be based on its epistemological profile. In particular, I propose examining secrecy within the framework of social and political epistemology, considering secrets as ...
Jesús Navarro
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Uniqueness theorem for p-biharmonic equations

Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, 2002
The goal of this paper is to prove existence and uniqueness of a solution of the initial value problem for the equation $$ (|u''|^{p-2}u'')''=lambda |u|^{q-2}u $$ where $lambdain{mathbb{R}}$ and $p,q>1$. We prove the existence for $pgeq q$ only, and give
Jiri Benedikt
doaj  

Knowledge and Argument

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I argue that knowledge plays a distinctive role in psychological explanation that weaker epistemic states cannot because it is robust in the face of counterevidence in a way that they are not. Being robust in the face of counterevidence makes your belief robust in the face of counterargument.
Spencer Paulson
wiley   +1 more source

A COUNTEREXAMPLE IN NOETHERIAN RINGS [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1965
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A Scale for Mixed Reasons for Belief

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Epistemic reasons matter for what you should believe. But then, some think there are practical reasons that matter, too. How could both sorts of reasons be weighed together to determine the doxastic states you ought to hold, all things considered?
Matthew Vermaire
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