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Bias Against Boltzmann Brains?
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A popular indifference principle for self‐locating probability faces skeptical challenges, most notably a skeptical challenge concerning Boltzmann Brains. We examine the prospects for various views that prescribe some degree of bias in place of indifference.
Sinan Dogramaci +3 more
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The Concept of Scientific Revolution and Ottoman Empire
İnsan & Toplum, 2014 The emergence of modern science in science history is as important as the spread of it. In science history, the approach of ‘scientific revolution’ makes astronomy the trigometrical point and conceptualizes modernity from this center.
Mehmet Aysoy
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Carl Schmitt's International Order: A Decolonial Reappraisal
Constellations, EarlyView.
Andrea Mura
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Rethinking Local Choice: Experimental Evidence on Taxpayer Sentiment and Public School Funding
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Taxpayers often have conflicting views on what constitutes fair taxation and how tax revenues should be allocated. We work with Vermont legislators on the policy concern of sentiment in a property tax setting, given the Vermont Supreme Court ruling around the principle of educational equality.
Edward N. Gamble +2 more
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Teaching natural philosophy and mathematics at Oxford and Cambridge 1500-1570 [PDF]
, 2009 The syllabus in natural philosophy and mathematics was radically changed in the course of the sixteenth century with new subjects, textbooks and methods introduced. Education became more practical and less dependent on medieval antecedents.
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On Our Cosmic (In)significance
Ratio, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article discusses three interpretations of cosmic significance, all of which reveal something important about the notion of significance. Along the way, it proposes a unified view of significance by combining elements of each of the views.
Oskari Sivula
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History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy
, 2001 Authored by Nick Strobel, these web pages give a brief history of the imporatant figures associated with shaping Astronomical thought into what it is today.
Strobel, Nick
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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The Recent Progress of Astronomy
, 2010 Elias Loomis (1811–1889), Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the University of the City of New York, published the third edition of this key work in 1856, at a time when the discipline of astronomy was making rapid advances.
Elias Loomis
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Juedi Tiantong: The Religious Basis of the Relationship between Tian and Man in Ancient China
ReligionsJuedi Tiantong occurred in ancient China and was the critical foundation for understanding the relationship between Tian and man in China. From the perspective of conceptual history, Juedi Tiantong not only shaped the metaphysical dimension of the ...
Zhejia Tang, Xuedan Li
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