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Contrary quantum histories and contrary inferences
(Elsevier Science, 2018-08)
In the context of the quantum histories approach to quantum mechanics, we define a contrary relation between quantum histories, generalizing the standard definition of contrary quantum properties. Using this contrary ...
Francis Bacon's natural history and civil history: A comparative survey
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012-02)
The aim of this paper is to offer a comparative survey of Bacon’s theory and practice of natural history and civil history, particularly centered on their relationship to natural philosophy and human philosophy. I will try ...
Generalized contexts and consistent histories in quantum mechanics
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2014-05)
We analyze a restriction of the theory of consistent histories by imposing that a valid description of a physical system must include quantum histories which satisfy the consistency conditions for all states. We prove that ...
Digital memory and the future of communication: interview with Robert DarntonMemória digital e o futuro da comunicação: entrevista com Robert Darnton
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2013)
Quantum histories without contrary inferences
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2014-12)
In the consistent histories formulation of quantum theory it was shown that it is possible to retrodict contrary properties. We show that this problem do not appear in our formalism of generalized contexts for quantum histories
Words and Acts in the History of Latin American Constitutionalism
(Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, 2018-09)
This critical essay, offers an analysis of the recent book by José María Portillo titled Historia Mínima del Constitucionalismo en América Latina. The book is an occasion to reflect on the new approaches on Spanish ...
Time, History, and Philosophy of History
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2014-02)
In this paper, I intend to show that different ways of describing, representing or thinking about human affairs presuppose different types of consciousness of temporality. This proposal is embedded in the fruitful concept ...