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Declaring independence from medium independence

open access: yesMind &Language, EarlyView.
Computation is widely assumed to be necessarily medium independent, meaning that it is not defined in terms of any physical properties, but only by abstract automata (or something similar). I argue for two things. First, computation is not necessarily medium independent, because characterizing analog computation requires reference to physical ...
Corey J. Maley
wiley   +1 more source

Flummoxing expectations

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract Expected utility theory often falls silent, even in cases where the correct rankings of options seems obvious. For instance, it fails to compare the Pasadena game to the Altadena game, despite the latter turning out better in every state. Decision theorists have attempted to fill these silences by proposing various extensions to expected ...
Hayden Wilkinson
wiley   +1 more source

A luminous and young galaxy at z = 12.33 revealed by a JWST/MIRI detection of Hα and [O iii]. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Astron
Zavala JA   +39 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From modality to millianism

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract A new argument is offered which proceeds through epistemic possibility (for all S knows, p), cutting a trail from modality to Millianism, the controversial thesis that the semantic content of a proper name is simply its bearer. New definitions are provided for various epistemic modal notions.
Nathan Salmón
wiley   +1 more source

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