Malebranche on Necessary Connections, Omniscience, and Omnipotence

2013 ◽  
pp. 106-116
Author(s):  
SUKJAE LEE
Keyword(s):  
Necessary Connections

scholarly journals Does general relativity highlight necessary connections in nature?

Synthese ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Vassallo
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Laws Of Nature ◽  
Coupling Mechanism ◽  
Einstein Field Equations ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Bianchi Identities ◽  
Physical Role ◽  
General Relativistic ◽  
Differential Relations ◽  
Necessary Connections

AbstractThe dynamics of general relativity is encoded in a set of ten differential equations, the so-called Einstein field equations. It is usually believed that Einstein’s equations represent a physical law describing the coupling of spacetime with material fields. However, just six of these equations actually describe the coupling mechanism: the remaining four represent a set of differential relations known as Bianchi identities. The paper discusses the physical role that the Bianchi identities play in general relativity, and investigates whether these identities—qua part of a physical law—highlight some kind of a posteriori necessity in a Kripkean sense. The inquiry shows that general relativistic physics has an interesting bearing on the debate about the metaphysics of the laws of nature.

Intel Cycle for Private Professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
Aldo Montanari
Keyword(s):  
Information Product ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Necessary Connections

This work focused on the method of analysis, to be understood in general terms and following the intelligence cycle as developed by various international realities, with possible variations. This method was exposed, also graphically, before going further into the details of the different phases or the acquisition, processing of data, and news for subsequent dissemination. These procedures have been described in practical terms and from a distinctly private perspective, also providing the necessary connections with the figures responsible for their development up to the description and requirements that the information product must satisfy, also in this case from a customer's perspective.

Legacy

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-190
Author(s):  
Rachel Chrastil
Keyword(s):  
Life Stories ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
Necessary Connections

What happens to our stuff when we die? How might we reimagine the family tree? Childlessness raises, among others, questions about legacy, inheritance, our relationship with future generations, our ability to shape the future, and the narratives we tell about the past and the future. The author examines several life stories to help readers begin to envision childlessness within a new paradigm of meaning. This chapter encourages readers to consider new metaphors for how they think about childlessness. It ends with considerations about the deep and necessary connections between the childless and the childful within the quest for human flourishing.

scholarly journals How Humean is Bohumianism?

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 1171-1188
Author(s):  
Tomasz Bigaj ◽  
Antonio Vassallo
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Bohmian Mechanics ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
The World ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Spatial Locations ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Necessary Connections ◽  
Humean Principle

Abstract An important part of the influential Humean doctrine in philosophy is the supervenience principle (sometimes referred to as the principle of separability). This principle asserts that the complete state of the world supervenes on the intrinsic properties of its most fundamental components and their spatiotemporal relations (the so-called Humean mosaic). There are well-known arguments in the literature purporting to show that in quantum mechanics the Humean supervenience principle is violated, due to the existence of entangled states. Recently, however, arguments have been presented to the effect that the supervenience principle can be defended in Bohmian mechanics. The key element of this strategy lies in the observation that according to Bohmian mechanics the fundamental facts about particles are facts about their spatial locations, and moreover, for any proper subsystem of the world its state may non-trivially depend on the spatial configuration of the rest of the universe. Thus quantum-mechanical states of subsystems do not represent their intrinsic properties but rather characterize their relations with the environment. In this paper we point out the worry that this Bohmian strategy—known as Bohumianism—saves the letter but not the spirit of the Humean doctrine of supervenience, since it prima facie violates another seemingly important Humean principle, which we call Strong Supervenience and whose denial implies the existence of necessary connections among distinct individuals. We argue that the best defense for Bohumians is to question the fundamental existence of complex physical systems and their states by treating any reference to them as a convenient description of the underlying collection of Bohmian particles. We consider several pros and cons of this strategy.

scholarly journals Necessary Connections and the Problem of Induction1

Noûs ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Beebee
Keyword(s):  
Necessary Connections

scholarly journals Co-creating Science Commercialization Opportunities for Blue Biotechnologies: The FucoSan Project

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5578
Author(s):  
Ferran Giones ◽  
Daniel Laufs ◽  
Carsten Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Biotechnology Research ◽  
Business Modelling ◽  
Broad Array ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Necessary Connections ◽  
Analyze Data

We report the experience of the FucoSan InterReg project that had the ambition to generate commercialization opportunities for biotechnology research in a marine environment. Fucoidan, a promising biomarine polysaccharide extracted from seaweed, offers a broad array of potential applications; however, the supporting innovation value chain is still under development. We explore how the use of business modelling tools can contribute to building a shared understanding of commercialization opportunities across a diverse range of research and development actors. We analyze data (interviews, workshops, and surveys) from a German-Danish network of actors involved in the FucoSan InterReg project to identify how the tools contribute to setting up a base to support future activities across a potential innovation value chain. The results point towards the direct and indirect positive effects of engaging in the co-creation of a shared understanding of the functionality and possibilities of promising biomarine products. The findings support the idea that interdisciplinary and multilateral interactions help actors to identify the necessary connections and interdependencies to build a sustainability-driven innovation value chain.

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