Fernando Birman
Delft University of Technology
4 Papers
13 Citations
Fernando Birman is an academic researcher from Delft University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Philosophy of science & Physicalism. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
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Pragmatic Concerns and Images of the World
TL;DR: The authors argued that the manifest-scientific distinction can be best understood as a distinction between perceptible and imperceptible objects and events, which is not necessarily rigid over time, between distinct ways in which we collectively deal, in practice, with objects.
Quantum Mechanics and the Plight of Physicalism
TL;DR: In this article, a broad characterization of the physicalist credo is introduced, and the notion of quantum non-separability is discussed. But the authors do not discuss the implications of the wave function ontology on physicalism.
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Quantum mechanics, correlations, and relational probability
TL;DR: In this article, the Ithaca Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (IIQM) is discussed, and a strategy based on relational probabilities is discussed to go around the objection.
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On the rationality of decisions with unreliable probabilities
TL;DR: It is argued that a generalization of Gärdenfors’ and Sahlin’s theory of unreliable probabilities offers the best available approach to the Bayesian problem of rational choice.