8 papers
Hankel's principle as an anti-Kantian program
Iulian D. Toader
Hankel used his principle of the permanence of formal laws (PFL) as a guide for the extension of number systems and as a necessary condition for the legitimacy of their formal theo…
Carnap on Quantum Mechanics
Sebastian Horvat, Iulian D. Toader
This entry reviews Rudolf Carnap's philosophical views on the quantum mechanics of his time. It also offers some thoughts on how Carnap might have reacted to some recent developmen…
Peacock's Principle as a Conservative Strategy
Iulian D. Toader
The view that Peacock's principle of permanence has been invalidated by Hamilton's introduction of non-commutative algebras has always seemed rather odd, in light of Peacock's favo…
Weyl's Quantifiers
Iulian D. Toader
I argue against the predominant view of Weyl's interpretation of the logical signs. Drawing on his correctness-first account of mathematical knowledge, I point out that, according…
Quantum Logic and Meaning
Sebastian Horvat, Iulian D. Toader
This paper gives a formulation of quantum logic in the abstract algebraic setting laid out by Dunn and Hardegree (2001). On this basis, it provides a comparative analysis of viable…
Rules and Meaning in Quantum Mechanics
Iulian D. Toader
This book concerns the metasemantics of quantum mechanics (QM). Roughly, it pursues an investigation at the intersection of philosophy of physics and philosophy of language, and it…