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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
Posted in Analytic Philosophy
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 Third Route to the Doomsday Argument
A paper published (2009) in English in the Journal of Philosophical Research, vol. 34, pages 263-278 (with significant changes with regard to the preprint). In this paper, I present a solution to the Doomsday argument based on a third type of solution, by … 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
Posted in Psycho-pathological Philosophy
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
Theory of Cognitive Distortions: Application to Generalised Anxiety Disorder
English translation and postprint (with additional illustrations) of a paper published in French under the title “Théorie des distorsions cognitives : application à l’anxiété généralisée” in the Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 2008, 18, pp. 127-131. This article follows the contribution to the … Continue reading
Posted in Psycho-pathological Philosophy
Tagged anxiety, anxiety disorder, behavioral therapy, cognition, cognitive distortions, cognitive therapy, duality, generalised anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety, induction, opposite poles, polar contraries, reasoning, reference class
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The Doomsday Argument and Hempel’s Problem
Posprint in English (with additional illustrations from wikimedia commons) of a paper published in French in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy Vol.29, July 1999, pp. 139-56 under the title “Comment l’Urne de Carter et Leslie se Déverse dans celle de Hempel”. I begin by … Continue reading
Posted in Analytic Philosophy
Tagged analogy, analogy with an urn, Carl Gustav Hempel, Carl Hempel, contraposition, Doomsday argument, Hempel's problem, induction, John Leslie, négation, paradox Hempel, philosophical paradox, philosophical paradoxes, probability, raven paradox, ravens paradox, reference class, reference class problem, thought experiment
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