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Realization and the Metaphysics of Mind

113 words Body: 3074 words (excludes notes and references) REALIZATION AND THE METAPHYSICS OF MIND Thomas W. Polger

Quantum entanglement and a metaphysics of relations

This paper argues for a metaphysics of relations based on a characterization of quantum entanglement in terms of non-separability, thereby regarding entanglement as a sort of holism. By contrast to a radical metaphysics of relations, the position set out in this paper recognizes things that stand in the relations, but claims that, as far as the relations are concerned, there is no need for thes...

Realization of Brane Descent Relations in Effective Theories

We examine Sen’s descent relations among (non-)BPS D-branes by using low energy effective field theories of DpD̄p system. We find that the fluctuation around the kink solution reproduces the low energy matter content on a nonBPS D(p−1)-brane. The effective action for these fluctuation modes turns out to be a generalization of Minahan-Zwiebach model. In addition, it is shown that the fluctuations...

By Peter Godfrey - Smith Theories and Models in Metaphysics METAPHYSICS

METAPHYSICS Peter Godfrey-Smith is professor of philosophy at Harvard University. He works primarily in the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of mind. He also has a more general interest in the philosophy of science, and makes excursions into metaphysics and epistemology. He has published two books so far: Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature (1996) and Theory and Reality (2003)...

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