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Towards a theory of presence

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract The present paper presents a new (formal) theory of presence according to which, roughly, to be present at a place is to have a delegate located at that place. One crucial feature of the theory is that something can be present at a place without thereby being located there.
Claudio Calosi
wiley   +1 more source

Pyomo: Accidentally outrunning the bear. [PDF]

open access: yesPatterns (N Y)
Mundt M   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Taking Risks, With and Without Probabilities

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some hold that expected utility is too restrictive in the way it handles risk. Risk‐weighted expected utility is an alternative that allows decision‐makers to have a range of attitudes toward probabilistic risk. It holds that any attitude within this range is instrumentally rational, since these attitudes represent different, equally good ...
Lara Buchak
wiley   +1 more source

Does Non‐Idealism Entail Particularism?

open access: yes
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
John Lawless
wiley   +1 more source

Unstructured Purity

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purity is the principle that fundamental facts only have fundamental constituents. In recent years, it has played a significant (if sometimes implicit) role in metaphysical theorizing. A philosopher will argue that a fact [p]$[p]$ contains a derivative entity and cite Purity as a reason to deny that [p]$[p]$ is fundamental. I argue that recent
Samuel Z. Elgin
wiley   +1 more source

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