Tag Archives: duality

One-sided bias

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Paul

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 →

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One-sided viewpoint

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Paul

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 →

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Principle of dialectical indifference

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Paul

(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

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Paul

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

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Paul

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: the Dialectical Contextualist’s Standpoint

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Paul

Preprint. I present in this paper an analysis of the Simulation argument from a dialectical contextualist standpoint. This analysis is grounded on the reference class problem. I begin with describing Bostrom’s Simulation Argument step-by-step. I identify then the reference class … Continue reading →

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Elements of Dialectical Contextualism

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Paul

Posprint in English (with additional illustrations) of an article appeared in French in the collective book (pages 581-608) written on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Pascal Engel. In what follows, I strive to present the elements of a philosophical doctrine, … Continue reading →

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A Two-Sided Ontological Solution to the Sleeping Beauty Problem

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Paul

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 →

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A Polar Concept Argument for the Existence of Abstracta

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Paul

Preprint. In this paper, I present a polar concept argument for the existence of abstract objects. After recalling the fundamentals of the debate about the existence of abstracta, I present in a detailed way the argument for the existence of abstracta. … Continue reading →

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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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