scholarly journals Naturalistic embodied interactions elicit intuitive physical behaviour in accordance with Newtonian physics

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Nils Neupärtl ◽  
Fabian Tatai ◽  
Constantin A. Rothkopf
2006 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 157-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edna Ullmann-Margalit

I want to focus on some of the limits of decision theory that are of interest to the philosophical concern with practical reasoning and rational choice. These limits should also be of interest to the social-scientists' concern with Rational Choice.Let me start with an analogy. Classical Newtonian physics holds good and valid for middle-sized objects, but not for the phenomena of the very little, micro, sub-atomic level or the very large, macro, outer-space level: different theories, concepts and laws apply there. Similarly, I suggest that we might think of the theory of decisionmaking as relating to middle-sized, ordinary decisions, and to them only. There remain the two extremes, the very ‘small’ decisions on the one hand and the very ‘big’ decisions on the other. These may pose a challenge to the ordinary decision theory and may consequently require a separate treatment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Edward A. Lee

This article is about deterministic models, what they are, why they are useful, and what their limitations are. First, the article emphasizes that determinism is a property of models, not of physical systems. Whether a model is deterministic or not depends on how one defines the inputs and behavior of the model. To define behavior, one has to define an observer. The article compares and contrasts two classes of ways to define an observer, one based on the notion of “state” and another that more flexibly defines the observables. The notion of “state” is shown to be problematic and lead to nondeterminism that is avoided when the observables are defined differently. The article examines determinism in models of the physical world. In what may surprise many readers, it shows that Newtonian physics admits nondeterminism and that quantum physics may be interpreted as a deterministic model. Moreover, it shows that both relativity and quantum physics undermine the notion of “state” and therefore require more flexible ways of defining observables. Finally, the article reviews results showing that sufficiently rich sets of deterministic models are incomplete. Specifically, nondeterminism is inescapable in any system of models rich enough to encompass Newton’s laws.


Author(s):  
Aysha Farzana Kichloo ◽  
Ruttba Aziz ◽  
Mir Irfan Ul Haq ◽  
Ankush Raina

2017 ◽  
Vol 604 ◽  
pp. A102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Thun ◽  
Wilhelm Kley ◽  
Giovanni Picogna
Keyword(s):  

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorunn L. Helbostad ◽  
Lorenzo Chiari ◽  
Sebastien Chastin ◽  
Kamiar Aminian
Keyword(s):  

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 383-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Punsandani Udabage ◽  
Mary AnnAugustin ◽  
Li Jiang Cheng ◽  
Roderick P.W. Williams

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Osvaldo Fontes Filho

Este estudo sintetiza as leituras de Merleu-Ponty sobre a ciência moderna, e procura esclarecer como elas desautorizam uma concepção determinista da Natureza. Ao contrário da física newtoniana e de outras ontologias substancialistas, que submetem a contingência ao entendimento, Merleau-Ponty desvela um registro do descontínuo, onde os seres reduzem-se a “feixe de probabilidades”. Assim, ao fornecer sentido ontológico ao polimorfismo do tempo e do espaço percebidos, Merleau-Ponty intercepta em teóricos pós-newtonianos renovada concepção da matéria: “éter dos acontecimentos”, ela se esclarece menos pelas longas cadeias causais que pela “pululação ilimitada das categorias”. A conseqüente refutação dos princípios de identidade é oportunidade para investir individualidades em devir e modos de existência ubiqüitários, atestados pelas modernas embriologias, elementos que ajudam a reformular o cenário ontológico. PALAVRAS-CHAVE – Natureza. Ciência. Acontecimento. Individualidade. Ontologia. ABSTRACT This paper summarizes Merleau- Ponty lectures about modern sciences and tries to enlighten how he disavows a determinist conception of Nature. Adversely to Newtonian physics and others substantialistic ontologies that translate contingency into understanding, Merleau- Ponty reveals a register of discontinuity in Nature where beings amount to be a “bundle.of probabilities”. Therefore, in getting ontological sense to the polymorphism of perceived time and space, Merleau-Ponty identifies in post- Newtonian theorists a renewed conception of matter as “ether of events”. Matter do not have to be shaped by long causal chains but by “unlimited profusion of categories”. A consequent refusal of identity principles is an opportunity to a close examination of individualities in progress and ubiquitous ways of existence, both attested by moderns embryologies. In doing so, Merleau-Ponty aims to reformulate ontological scene. KEY WORDS – Nature, science, event, individuality, ontology.


2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 821-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Blikman ◽  
J Meeteren ◽  
D Rizopoulos ◽  
V Groot ◽  
H Beckerman ◽  
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