Browsing (2017) Volumen 32. Número 2 by Title
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On a Logical Argument Against the Naturalizability of Reference
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2017)Is a naturalistic account of reference possible? Here is a simple argument to the effect that it is not: Let R be the relation that allegedly naturalizes reference, and consider the predicate “being an object that does not ... -
Pluralistic Mechanism
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2017)Un argumento recientemente propuesto por Chirimuuta (2014) parece motivar el rechazo de la tesis de que todo fenómeno neurocognitivo puede tener una explicación mecanicista y de la tesis de que toda explicación neurocognitiva ... -
Socioeconomic processes as open-ended results. Beyond invariance knowledge for interventionist purposes
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2017)In this paper a critique to Cartwright’s approaches of capacities and nomological machines is carried out. This approaches share the idea that invariant knowledge is crucial for achieving policy purposes. However, it is ... -
The conventionality of simultaneity in Einstein’s practical chrono-geometry
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2017)While Einstein considered that sub specie aeterni the correct philosophical position regarding geometry was that of the conventionality of geometry, he felt that provisionally it was necessary to adopt a non-conventional ...