Comments on Gregory Landini's paper "Facts About the Slingshot" presented at the Ce... more Comments on Gregory Landini's paper "Facts About the Slingshot" presented at the Central State Philosophical Association in Dekalb, IL, October 9-10, 2009.
Talk given at Workshop Bridging Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics. University of Rochester. R... more Talk given at Workshop Bridging Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics. University of Rochester. Rochester, NY. September 13 and 14, 2013
Presetnation at the Midwest Workshop in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathem... more Presetnation at the Midwest Workshop in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (PHILOSTEM 2). Fort Wayne, IN. November 10-12, 2011.
Comments on Gregory Landini's paper "Facts About the Slingshot" presented at the Ce... more Comments on Gregory Landini's paper "Facts About the Slingshot" presented at the Central State Philosophical Association in Dekalb, IL, October 9-10, 2009.
In this paper, I argue that the many-worlds theory, even if it is arguably the mathematically mos... more In this paper, I argue that the many-worlds theory, even if it is arguably the mathematically most straightforward realist reading of quantum formalism, even if it is arguably local and deterministic, is not universally regarded as the best realist quantum theory because it provides a type of explanation that is not universally accepted. Since people disagree about what desiderata a satisfactory physical theory should possess, they also disagree about which explanatory schema one should look for in a theory, and this leads different people to different options.
Comments on Gregory Landini's paper "Facts About the Slingshot" presented at the Ce... more Comments on Gregory Landini's paper "Facts About the Slingshot" presented at the Central State Philosophical Association in Dekalb, IL, October 9-10, 2009.
Talk given at Workshop Bridging Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics. University of Rochester. R... more Talk given at Workshop Bridging Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics. University of Rochester. Rochester, NY. September 13 and 14, 2013
Presetnation at the Midwest Workshop in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathem... more Presetnation at the Midwest Workshop in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (PHILOSTEM 2). Fort Wayne, IN. November 10-12, 2011.
Comments on Gregory Landini's paper "Facts About the Slingshot" presented at the Ce... more Comments on Gregory Landini's paper "Facts About the Slingshot" presented at the Central State Philosophical Association in Dekalb, IL, October 9-10, 2009.
In this paper, I argue that the many-worlds theory, even if it is arguably the mathematically mos... more In this paper, I argue that the many-worlds theory, even if it is arguably the mathematically most straightforward realist reading of quantum formalism, even if it is arguably local and deterministic, is not universally regarded as the best realist quantum theory because it provides a type of explanation that is not universally accepted. Since people disagree about what desiderata a satisfactory physical theory should possess, they also disagree about which explanatory schema one should look for in a theory, and this leads different people to different options.
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