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One-sided bias
The one-sided bias consists in focusing on a given standpoint when considering a given object, and of neglecting the opposite view. In our framework, such fallacious reasoning consists, when considering an object o and the reference class associated with it, … Continue reading
One-sided viewpoint
When only the pole A (respectively the pole Ā) of a given duality is considered, it consists of a one-sided viewpoint. Things are seen exclusively from the perspective of one pole. It contrasts with the two-sided viewpoint, with takes into … Continue reading
Principle of dialectical indifference
(PRINCIPLE OF DIALECTICAL INDIFFERENCE) When considering a given object o and the reference class E associated with it, from the angle of duality A/Ā, all things being equal, it should be given equal weight to the viewpoint of the A … Continue reading
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Dialectical monism in Aztec philosophy
It is worth mentioning a form of dialectical monism in the ancient Aztec philosophy and especially in the concept of ” Teotl “, which is at the center of Aztec metaphysics and cosmology. Teotl is the expression of an … Continue reading
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Viewpoint of a pole
Let us define the concept of point of view related to a given pole of an A/Ā duality: we get then, for example (at the level of the extension/restriction duality) the standpoint by extension, as well as the viewpoint by restriction. … Continue reading
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The Simulation Argument and the Reference Class Problem : a Dialectical Contextualism Analysis
Postprint. I present in this paper an analysis of the Simulation Argument from a dialectical contextualist’s standpoint. This analysis is grounded on the reference class problem. I begin with describing in detail Bostrom’s Simulation Argument. I identify then the reference … Continue reading
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Tagged analytic philosophy, argument, aware simulations, conscious simulations, cyborg, dialectical contextualism, dialectics, dichotomy, Doomsday argument, dualities, duality, futurology, humankind, Nick Bostrom, philosophical paradox, philosophy, post-humans, reference class, reference class problem, simulation, simulation argument, singularity, unaware simulations
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A Two-Sided Ontological Solution to the Sleeping Beauty Problem
Preprint published on the PhilSci archive. I describe in this paper an ontological solution to the Sleeping Beauty problem. I begin with describing the hyper-entanglement urn experiment. I restate first the Sleeping Beauty problem from a wider perspective than the … Continue reading
Theory of Cognitive Distortions: Over-generalisation and Labeling
English translation of a paper published in French in the Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 2009, 19-4, pages 136-140 under the title “Théorie des distorsions cognitives : la sur-généralisation et l’étiquetage”. In a previous article (Complements to a theory of cognitive distorsions, … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive distortion, cognitive distortions, cognitive therapy, duality, labeling, over-generalization, reference class, taxa
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Theory of Cognitive Distortions: Personalisation
English translation of a paper published in French in the Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 2010, 20-2, pages 51-55 under the title “Théorie des distorsions cognitives : la personnalisation”. In a previous paper (Complements to a theory of cognitive distorsions, Journal de Thérapie … Continue reading