Sheldon R Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheldon R Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheldon R |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Metropolitan State University of Denver |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Does Kant have a pre-Newtonian picture of force in the balance argument? An account of how the balance argument works
Elementary classical mechanics and the principle of the Composition of Causes
Symmetries and the explanation of conservation laws in the light of the inverse problem in Lagrangian mechanics
Special cases, composition of causes, and the complexity of nature
Continuous Bodies, Impenetrability, and Contact Interactions: The View from the Applied Mathematics of Continuum Mechanics
Many philosophers have claimed that there is a tension between the impenetrability of matter and the possibility of contact between continuous bodies. This tension has led some to claim that impenetrable continuous bodies could not ever be in contact, and it has led others to posit certain structural features to continuous bodies that they believe would resolve the tension. Unfortunately, such philosophical discussions rarely borrow much from the…
Causation and Its Relation to ‘Causal Laws’
Many have found attractive views according to which the veracity of specific causal judgements is underwritten by general causal laws. This paper describes various variants of that view and explores complications that appear when one looks at a certain simple type of example from physics. To capture certain causal dependencies, physics is driven to look at equations which, I argue, are not causal laws. One place where physics is forced to look at…
Are instantaneous velocities real and really instantaneous: An argument for the affirmative
Author's response
Violated Laws, Ceteris Paribus Clauses, and Capacities
Models and the Unity of Classical Physics: Nancy Cartwright's Dappled World
In this paper, I examine the claim that any physical theory will have an extremely limited domain of application because 1) we have to use distinct theories to model different situations in the world and 2) no theory has enough textbook models to handle anything beyond a highly simplified situation. Against the first claim, I show that many examples used to bolster it are actually instances of application of the very same classical theory rather …
Human Ecology as Human Behavior: Essays in Environmental and Development Anthropology
The Re‐Establishment of Community: The Emerging Festival System of the American West
Human ecology, socionatural systems, and the central-satellite plantation system of Guatemala and Colombia
Violated Laws, Ceteris Paribus Clauses, and Capacities
Does Kant have a pre-Newtonian picture of force in the balance argument? An account of how the balance argument works
Elementary classical mechanics and the principle of the Composition of Causes
Continuous Bodies, Impenetrability, and Contact Interactions: The View from the Applied Mathematics of Continuum Mechanics
Many philosophers have claimed that there is a tension between the impenetrability of matter and the possibility of contact between continuous bodies. This tension has led some to claim that impenetrable continuous bodies could not ever be in contact, and it has led others to posit certain structural features to continuous bodies that they believe would resolve the tension. Unfortunately, such philosophical discussions rarely borrow much from the…
Models and the Unity of Classical Physics: Nancy Cartwright's Dappled World
In this paper, I examine the claim that any physical theory will have an extremely limited domain of application because 1) we have to use distinct theories to model different situations in the world and 2) no theory has enough textbook models to handle anything beyond a highly simplified situation. Against the first claim, I show that many examples used to bolster it are actually instances of application of the very same classical theory rather …
Human ecology, socionatural systems, and the central-satellite plantation system of Guatemala and Colombia
The Re‐Establishment of Community: The Emerging Festival System of the American West
Human Ecology as Human Behavior: Essays in Environmental and Development Anthropology
Models and the Unity of Classical Physics: Nancy Cartwright's Dappled World
In this paper, I examine the claim that any physical theory will have an extremely limited domain of application because 1) we have to use distinct theories to model different situations in the world and 2) no theory has enough textbook models to handle anything beyond a highly simplified situation. Against the first claim, I show that many examples used to bolster it are actually instances of application of the very same classical theory rather …
Violated Laws, Ceteris Paribus Clauses, and Capacities
Are instantaneous velocities real and really instantaneous: An argument for the affirmative
Author's response
Special cases, composition of causes, and the complexity of nature
Continuous Bodies, Impenetrability, and Contact Interactions: The View from the Applied Mathematics of Continuum Mechanics
Many philosophers have claimed that there is a tension between the impenetrability of matter and the possibility of contact between continuous bodies. This tension has led some to claim that impenetrable continuous bodies could not ever be in contact, and it has led others to posit certain structural features to continuous bodies that they believe would resolve the tension. Unfortunately, such philosophical discussions rarely borrow much from the…
Causation and Its Relation to ‘Causal Laws’
Many have found attractive views according to which the veracity of specific causal judgements is underwritten by general causal laws. This paper describes various variants of that view and explores complications that appear when one looks at a certain simple type of example from physics. To capture certain causal dependencies, physics is driven to look at equations which, I argue, are not causal laws. One place where physics is forced to look at…
Symmetries and the explanation of conservation laws in the light of the inverse problem in Lagrangian mechanics
Elementary classical mechanics and the principle of the Composition of Causes
Does Kant have a pre-Newtonian picture of force in the balance argument? An account of how the balance argument works
Philosophy (10 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (9 works) · Physics (8 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Theoretical physics (7 works) · Quantum mechanics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Metaphysics (4 works)