Browsing Dr. Billy Wheeler by Issue Date
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Simplicity, Language-Dependency and the Best System Account of Laws
(Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 2015-10)It is often said that the best system account of laws(BSA) needs supplementing with a theory of perfectly natural properties. The ‘strength’ and ‘simplicity’ of a systemis language-relative and without a fixed vocabulary ... -
The motherboard of myriad things: Daoism, Zhuangzi, and the Internet
(2022)Machines, instruments and tools offer many benefits, but according to the classical Daoists—Laozi and Zhuangzi—they can also interfere with living a life in harmony with nature. Despite this, the Zhuangzi offers numerous ... -
Causation in a Virtual World: a Mechanistic Approach
(2022-01-15)Objects appear to causally interact with one another in virtual worlds, such as video games, virtual reality, and training simulations. Is this causation real or is it illusory? In this paper, I argue that virtual causation ... -
Wong, Pak-Hang, and Tom Xiaowei WANG, eds., Harmonious Technology: A Confucian Ethics of Technology
(2022-07-06)Philosophers are paying increasing attention to the implications of technology. While technologies have always transformed the way we live, the speed of technological change in recent decades has made this more acute than ... -
The Motherboard of Myriad Things: Daoism, Zhuangzi, and the Internet
(2022-10-01)Machines, instruments and tools offer many benefits, but according to the classical Daoists-Laozi and Zhuangzi they can also interfere with living a life in harmony with nature. Despite this, the Zhuangzi offers numerous ... -
How realist is informational structural realism?
(2022-11-14)Informational Structural Realism (ISR) presents an innovative framework for understanding the "structure" that structural realists assert our scientific theories accurately depict about the world. Luciano Floridi's detailed ...
