Effect of Working Ontology on Some Conceptual Puzzles
Muller, Herbert FJ (2003) Effect of Working Ontology on Some Conceptual Puzzles.
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Abstract
This essay examines the effects of a change from traditional to working ontology on some conceptual problems that are under discussion in the literature : the liar paradox, the announced surprise paradox, the measurement problem, and the uncertainty relation. Some aspects of these puzzles appear to be by-products of the use of traditional ontology - as it is implied, for instance, in naïve realism - where conceptual tools have a (mind-independent) life of their own. Considering (in working ontology) what people can actually do with the conceptual tools they have facilitates the access to these puzzles.
| Keywords: | Working Ontology, Paradoxes, Puzzles, Realism, Measurement Problem, Uncertainty Relation, Mind-Brain Relation |
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| Subjects: | General Issues: Explanation General Issues: History of Philosophy of Science |
| ID Code: | 1161 |
| Deposited By: | Muller, Herbert F J |
| Deposited On: | 14 May 2003 |