Frege's Constraint And The Nature Of Frege's Foundational Program,
2018
Chapman University
Frege's Constraint And The Nature Of Frege's Foundational Program, Marco Panza, Andrea Sereni
Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research
Recent discussions on Fregean and neo-Fregean foundations for arithmetic and real analysis pay much attention to what is called either ‘Application Constraint’ ( ) or ‘Frege Constraint’ ( ), the requirement that a mathematical theory be so outlined that it immediately allows explaining for its applicability. We distinguish between two constraints, which we, respectively, denote by the latter of these two names, by showing how generalizes Frege’s views while comes closer to his original conceptions. Different authors diverge on the interpretation of and on whether it applies to definitions of both natural and real numbers. Our aim is to trace …
Psycho-Political Assessment And Making People: What Can We Know?,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Psycho-Political Assessment And Making People: What Can We Know?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes foundational problems in even experts’ knowing people from formal psychological assessment to musings on human nature.
How To Be A Realist About Natural Kinds,
2018
University at Albany, State University of New York
How To Be A Realist About Natural Kinds, P.D. Magnus
Philosophy Faculty Scholarship
Although some authors hold that natural kinds are necessarily relative to disciplinary domains, many authors presume that natural kinds must be absolute, categorical features of the reality— often assuming that without even mentioning the alternative. Recognizing both possibilities, one may ask whether the difference especially matters. I argue that it does. Looking at recent arguments about natural kind realism, I argue that we can best make sense of the realism question by thinking of natural kindness as a relation that holds between a category and a domain.
Science, Values, And The Priority Of Evidence,
2018
University at Albany, State University of New York
Science, Values, And The Priority Of Evidence, P.D. Magnus
Philosophy Faculty Scholarship
It is now commonly held that values play a role in scientific judgment, but many arguments for that conclusion are limited. First, many arguments do not show that values are, strictly speaking, indispensable. The role of values could in principle be filled by a random or arbitrary decision. Second, many arguments concern scientific theories and concepts which have obvious practical consequences, thus suggesting or at least leaving open the possibility that abstruse sciences without such a connection could be value-free. Third, many arguments concern the role values play in inferring from evidence, thus taking evidence as given. This paper argues …
Did Hollywood Take Theatre "By Hook Or By Crook?",
2018
Missouri State University
Did Hollywood Take Theatre "By Hook Or By Crook?", Catherine S. Wright
Graduate Theses/Dissertations
Hollywood and Theatre have been partners in producing entertainment for over 100 years. The relationship was fruitful for both parties, but Hollywood moguls and playwrights battled over ownership of the work and crafting of its creative nucleus, story and character. Theatre was the dominant entertainment right before the rise of motion pictures. Once Hollywood’s talkies closed the curtain on silent films, playwrights had a high creative worth to movie makers. In the cinema, story and dialogue were essential for its survival and growth. Playwrights were courted by the Hollywood studio heads but were not offered equal partnership as they were …
Psychological Profiling Of Political Leaders: Searching For Three White Whales,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Psychological Profiling Of Political Leaders: Searching For Three White Whales, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes three types of information crucial to psychological profiling of political leaders.
In Defence Of The Self-Location Uncertainty Account Of Probability In The Many-Worlds Interpretation,
2018
Chapman University
In Defence Of The Self-Location Uncertainty Account Of Probability In The Many-Worlds Interpretation, Kelvin J. Mcqueen, Lev Vaidman
Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research
We defend the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics (MWI) against the objection that it cannot explain why measurement outcomes are predicted by the Born probability rule. We understand quantum probabilities in terms of an observer's self-location probabilities. We formulate a probability postulate for the MWI: the probability of self-location in a world with a given set of outcomes is the absolute square of that world's amplitude. We provide a proof of this postulate, which assumes the quantum formalism and two principles concerning symmetry and locality. We also show how a structurally similar proof of the Born rule is available for …
The Psychology Of Time: When The Political Future Is In The Past Not The Present,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
The Psychology Of Time: When The Political Future Is In The Past Not The Present, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article illustrates one of political psychology’s challenges-- to change the hold of the past on the present and future of various human collectives in support of security and intelligence objectives.
When Doing What’S Right Is Wrong: The Psychology Of Personnel Security,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
When Doing What’S Right Is Wrong: The Psychology Of Personnel Security, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes the psychology behind failed attempts to improve security, regardless of whether the service and product of industry and organization is one of education, health, commodity, process, or security itself.
Augustine's Confessiones: The Battle Between Two Conversions,
2018
University of South Florida
Augustine's Confessiones: The Battle Between Two Conversions, Robert Hunter Craig
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
There are four aspects of Augustine’s thought in the Confessiones that have been challenged and redefined in this dissertation: the full contextual matrix as to place, setting, and motivation for writing in Carthage North Africa 397C.E.; the genre and structural framework utilized by Augustine in framing this treatise using Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in Book VII of the Republic; “Confession” redefined as confession of sin, confession of faith and confession of truth; and the meaning or purpose for writing in regards to his scriptural philosophy of consciousness and to the redefining of Socratic ratiocination based on humanistic pagan …
Reason In Motion,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Reason In Motion, Luke Francis
Student Works
This essay will explain the historical models of the solar system, which was the known universe for most of human history. There is far more to each model than simply positioning different celestial bodies at the center of the system, and the stories of the astronomers who derived the controversial theories are not discussed often enough. The creation of these theories is part of a much broader revolution in scientific thought and marked the start of a series of observational discoveries that would change the the philosophy of science for centuries to come.
The Politics Of Intelligence,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
The Politics Of Intelligence, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes the politics of the construct and applications of intelligence in the context of adaptation.
Cautious Realism And Middle Range Ontology,
2018
University at Albany, State University of New York
Cautious Realism And Middle Range Ontology, P.D. Magnus
Philosophy Faculty Scholarship
Anjan Chakravartty's book Scientific Ontology is centrally about how metaphysics is embrangled with epistemology. I begin by discussing the broader literature in science and values, where arguments akin to Chakravartty's have been much-discussed. Then I talk about my own preferred approach, middle range ontology, which does not fit neatly into any of the three stances Chakravartty discusses. Finally, I use these considerations to pose a dilemma.
When Terror Is Not Terrorism: A Political Psychological Analysis,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
When Terror Is Not Terrorism: A Political Psychological Analysis, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article differentiates violence and its threat through terrorism and through other psychological means and ends.
Jamal Khashoggi: Assassination, Abattoir, And The Law Of Small Numbers,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Jamal Khashoggi: Assassination, Abattoir, And The Law Of Small Numbers, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes psychological research on why tragedies of individuals and small numbers of people elicit more global emotional arousal than tragedies of large numbers of people.
North Korea And The Nucleus Of Denuclearization,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
North Korea And The Nucleus Of Denuclearization, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes common operant conditioning principles contributing to the seeming intractability of ‘denuclearizing’ the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.
Praxites And Mal-Praxites In Psychological Research: Hoaxes,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Praxites And Mal-Praxites In Psychological Research: Hoaxes, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes intrinsic problems with the pursuit of psychological knowledge in a socio-political world.
Ludwig Büchner: Nineteenth Century Atheist,
2018
Western Michigan University
Ludwig Büchner: Nineteenth Century Atheist, Edward Jayne
English Faculty Publications
Mostly forgotten today, the German physician and philosopher, Ludwig Büchner (1824-99), made a significant contribution to the theory of materialism in the mid- nineteenth century from an atheistic perspective. Described by Engels and others as a “vulgar” materialist, he was nevertheless unsurpassed in having linked science and atheism unfettered by irrelevant considerations. The son of a doctor who served as president of the local medical college, Büchner studied at four universities culminating with the University of Vienna. In 1852 he became a lecturer in medicine at the University of Tübingen with every expectation of pursuing an academic career. However, he …
Tumor Suppressor Mir-489 Regulates Proliferation, Autophagy And Overcomes Drug-Resistance In Breast Cancer,
2018
University of South Carolina
Tumor Suppressor Mir-489 Regulates Proliferation, Autophagy And Overcomes Drug-Resistance In Breast Cancer, Mithil Soni
Theses and Dissertations
Despite decades of extensive research, breast cancer remains an untamable disease due to complexity and heterogeneity of disease. It is for this very reason, most efforts targeting a single pathway did not yield satisfactory results. Discovery of a novel therapeutic agents targeting multiple pathways, such as miRNAs, holds promise for future cancer therapy. This study was aimed to explore therapeutic potential of one such microRNA, miR-489. In the first study, we identified autophagy as a novel pathway targeted by miR-489 and reported ULK1 and LAPTM4B to be a direct of miR-489 target. We showed that miR-489 mediated autophagy inhibition and …
Personality, Psychological Profiling, And Philosophy Of Science: The Insider Threat And Betrayers Of Trust,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Personality, Psychological Profiling, And Philosophy Of Science: The Insider Threat And Betrayers Of Trust, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes philosophical challenges to the utility of profiling personality, especially with security and intelligence implications.
