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Causation in a Virtual World: a Mechanistic Approach

Wheeler, Billy (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 ...

The Motherboard of Myriad Things: Daoism, Zhuangzi, and the Internet

Wheeler, Billy (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 ...

Simplicity, Language-Dependency and the Best System Account of Laws

Wheeler, Billy (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 ...