Muller, Herbert FJ (2003) Effect of Working Ontology on Some Conceptual Puzzles. [Preprint]

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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.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Muller, Herbert FJ
Keywords:	Working Ontology, Paradoxes, Puzzles, Realism, Measurement Problem, Uncertainty Relation, Mind-Brain Relation
Subjects:	General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
Depositing User:	Herbert F J Muller
Date Deposited:	14 May 2003
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID:	1161
Subjects:	General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
Date:	January 2003
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1161

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