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That Damned Equation. Rigour, Credit Attribution, and the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation 1962-1967
Alexander S. Blum, Dean Rickles, Karim Thébault
The notion of rigour relevant to the practice of physics is an endogenous one. Theoretical physics has its own internal norms about mathematical practice and notions of legitimate…
Towards a Generalized Theory of Observers
Hatem Elshatlawy, Dean Rickles, Xerxes D. Arsiwalla
We propose a formal framework for understanding and unifying the concept of observers across physics, computer science, philosophy, and related fields. Building on cybernetic feedb…
Music, Immortality, and the Soul
Dean Rickles
Music has been called the temporal art par excellence. Yet, as this paper explains, it is also the atemporal art par excellence. The contradiction is, however, only apparent, and a…
Pregeometry, Formal Language and Constructivist Foundations of Physics
Xerxes D. Arsiwalla, Hatem Elshatlawy, Dean Rickles
How does one formalize the structure of structures necessary for the foundations of physics? This work is an attempt at conceptualizing the metaphysics of pregeometric structures,…
Ruliology: Linking Computation, Observers and Physical Law
Dean Rickles, Hatem Elshatlawy, Xerxes D. Arsiwalla
Stephen Wolfram has recently outlined an unorthodox, multicomputational approach to fundamental theory, encompassing not only physics but also mathematics in a structure he calls T…
A Brief Historical Perspective on the Consistent Histories Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
Gustavo Rodrigues Rocha, Dean Rickles, Florian J. Boge
It will be presented in this chapter a historical account of the consistent histories interpretation of quantum mechanics based on primary and secondary literature. Firstly, the fo…