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Can Bohmian Mechanics Be Made Relativistic?, Detlef Dürr, Sheldon Goldstein, Travis Norsen, Ward Struyve, Nino Zaghì
Can Bohmian Mechanics Be Made Relativistic?, Detlef Dürr, Sheldon Goldstein, Travis Norsen, Ward Struyve, Nino Zaghì
Physics: Faculty Publications
In relativistic space-time, Bohmian theories can be formulated by introducing a privileged foliation of space-time. The introduction of such a foliation – as extra absolute space-time structure – would seem to imply a clear violation of Lorentz invariance, and thus a conflict with fundamental relativity. Here, we consider the possibility that, instead of positing it as extra structure, the required foliation could be covariantly determined by the wave function. We argue that this allows for the formulation of Bohmian theories that seem to qualify as fundamentally Lorentz invariant. We conclude with some discussion of whether or not they might also …
Remembering Daya Krishna And G. C. Pande: Two Giants Of Post-Independence Indian Philosophy, Jay L. Garfield, Arindam Chakrabarti
Remembering Daya Krishna And G. C. Pande: Two Giants Of Post-Independence Indian Philosophy, Jay L. Garfield, Arindam Chakrabarti
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
Daya Krishna was the public face of Indian philosophy in the first half-century after Indian independence. Nobody on the Indian scene in that period came close to him in influence or in contribution to the profession. Nobody else in the world thought as hard or as fruitfully about the relation of Indian philosophy to that of the rest of the world, and nobody else dared to think as creatively and even as heretically about the history of Indian philosophy itself. This special issue of Philosophy East and West commemorates G. C. Pande and Daya Krishna as philosophers. But we would …
"The Cow Is To Be Tied Up": Sort-Shifting In Classical Indian Philosophy Of Language, Malcolm Keating
"The Cow Is To Be Tied Up": Sort-Shifting In Classical Indian Philosophy Of Language, Malcolm Keating
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
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2+1=1: Reply To Ziporyn, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
2+1=1: Reply To Ziporyn, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
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Does A Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment Of Yes And No. Answer! But Not In Words Or Signs: Reply To Siderits, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Does A Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment Of Yes And No. Answer! But Not In Words Or Signs: Reply To Siderits, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
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Two Plus One Equals One: A Response To Brook Ziporyn, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Two Plus One Equals One: A Response To Brook Ziporyn, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
Brook Ziporyn argues that our dialetheism is too tame, at least with respect to Tiantai Buddhism. He argues first that from the standpoint of Tiantai no assertions are meant to be true at all, that all use of language is nothing but upāya. He then argues that in Tiantai not only some but all contradictions are true. He grounds both of these claims on the further claim that in Tiantai the relation between the two truths is identity. We reject all of these claims, arguing that the relation of round fusion between the two truths is not that of identity, …
A Mountain By Any Other Name: Reply To Tanaka, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
A Mountain By Any Other Name: Reply To Tanaka, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
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The Contradictions Are True—And Not Out Of This World: Reply To Yagisawa, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
The Contradictions Are True—And Not Out Of This World: Reply To Yagisawa, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
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Those Conceptions Proliferate Everywhere: Reply To Kassor, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Those Conceptions Proliferate Everywhere: Reply To Kassor, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
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Yet Another Snapshot Of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics, Travis Norsen, Sarah Nelson
Yet Another Snapshot Of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics, Travis Norsen, Sarah Nelson
Physics: Faculty Publications
A survey probing respondents' views on various foundational issues in quantum mechanics was recently created by Schlosshauer, Kofler, and Zeilinger [arXiv:1301.1069] and then given to 33 participants at a quantum foundations conference. Here we report the results of giving this same survey to the attendees at another recent quantum foundations conference. While it is rather difficult to conclude anything of scientific significance from the poll, the results do strongly suggest several interesting cultural facts -- for example, that there exist, within the broad field of "quantum foundations", sub-communities with quite different views, and that (relatedly) there is probably …
How We Think Mādhyamikas Think: Reply To Tillemans, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
How We Think Mādhyamikas Think: Reply To Tillemans, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
In his paper in this Issue, ‘ “How do Mādhyamikas Think?” Revisited’, Tom Tillemans reflects on his paper “How do Mādhyamikas Think?” (2009), itself a reply to earlier work of ours (Deguchi, Garfield, and Priest 2008, Garfield and Priest 2003). There is much we agree with in these non-dogmatic and open-minded papers. Still, we have some disagreements. We begin with a response to Tillemans’ first thoughts, and then turn to his second thoughts.
Mukulabhaṭṭa's Defense Of Lakṣaṇā: How We Use Words To Mean Something Else, But Not Everything Else, Malcolm Keating
Mukulabhaṭṭa's Defense Of Lakṣaṇā: How We Use Words To Mean Something Else, But Not Everything Else, Malcolm Keating
Philosophy: Faculty Publications
We frequently use single words or expressions to mean multiple things, depending upon context. I argue that a plausible model of this phenomenon, known as laks{dot below}aN{dot below}ā by Indian philosophers, emerges in the work of ninth-century Kashmiri Mukulabhat{dot below}t{dot below}a. His model of laks{dot below}aN{dot below}ā is sensitive to the lexical and syntactic requirements for sentence meaning, the interpretive unity guiding a communicative act, and the nuances of creative language use found in poetry. After outlining his model of laks{dot below}aN{dot below}ā, I show how arthāpatti, or presumption, forms the basis of both semantic and pragmatic processes in this …