Keith Hutchison
Biographic Data
| ID | 731246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith Hutchison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith |
| FAMILY NAME | Hutchison |
| SIGNATURE | HUTCHISON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1946 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
An Angel's View of Heaven
(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.)1. A PROBLEM AND ITS CONTEXTThis essay is about medieval heliocentricity. It pursues a surprising conclusion. Put starkly, I seek to show that the scholastic universe was widely understood to have a heliocentric design. This heliocentricity had, however, been defectively realized in the final materialization of God's cosmic plan, so was very different to the heliocentrism later pursued by Copernicu…
What Are Conditional Probabilities Conditional Upon
This paper rejects a traditional epistemic interpretation of conditional probability. Suppose some chance process produces outcomes X, Y,..., with probabilities P(X), P(Y),... If later observation reveals that outcome Y has in fact been achieved, then the probability of outcome X cannot normally be revised to P(X|Y) [≡'P&∩Y)/P(Y)]. This can only be done in exceptional circumstances - when more than just knowledge of Y-ness has been attained. The …
Temporal Asymmetry in Classical Mechanics
This paper argues against a standard view that all deterministic and conservative classical mechanical systems are time-reversible, by asking how the temporal evolution of a system modulates parametric imprecision (either ontological or epistemic). It notes that well-behaved systems (e.g. inertial motion) can possess a dynamics which is unstable enough to fail at reversing uncertainties—even though exact values are reliably reversed. A limited (b…
Differing Criteria for Temporal Symmetry
Is Classical Mechanics Really Time-reversible and Deterministic
Idiosyncrasy, Achromatic Lenses, and Early Romanticism
Individualism, Causal Location, and the Eclipse of Scholastic Philosophy
Freudenthal has proposed that seventeenth-century philosophy depends upon a presumption that the behaviour of a material object is to be accounted for in terms of properties that are localized within its fundamental particles, rather than in the relationships between the object and its environment. He attributes this metaphysical preference to a special emphasis on the priority of the individual in contemporary social developments. I argue the co…
Dormitive Virtues, Scholastic Qualities, and the New Philosophies
Sunspots, Galileo, and the Orbit of the Earth
Hermeticism and the Renaissance
Planetary Distances as a Test for the Copernican Theory
Supernaturalism and the Mechanical Philosophy
Un courant de la pensee scientifique a maintenu la distinction et la complementarite du surnaturel et de la nature, contre le naturalisme de la Renaissance| XVI-XVII s
What Happened to Occult Qualities in the Scientific Revolution
L'accueil des idees de Sadi Carnot et la technologie francaise de 1820 a 1860
W. J. M. Rankine and the Rise of Thermodynamics
In the history of thermodynamics, two dates stand out as especially important: 1824, when Sadi Carnot's brilliant memoir Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu appeared in print; and 1850, when Rudolf Clausius published his similarly titled paper ‘Ueber die bewegende Kraft der Wärme’. In this paper Clausius narrowly beat the Scottish physicist William Thomson to the solution of a puzzle which had been highlighted in the latter's recent public…
Mayer's Hypothesis
Crisis in Britain
The Decline and Fall of British Capitalism
Rival Partners
What Happened to Occult Qualities in the Scientific Revolution
Is Classical Mechanics Really Time-reversible and Deterministic
Supernaturalism and the Mechanical Philosophy
Un courant de la pensee scientifique a maintenu la distinction et la complementarite du surnaturel et de la nature, contre le naturalisme de la Renaissance| XVI-XVII s
Differing Criteria for Temporal Symmetry
Dormitive Virtues, Scholastic Qualities, and the New Philosophies
What Are Conditional Probabilities Conditional Upon
This paper rejects a traditional epistemic interpretation of conditional probability. Suppose some chance process produces outcomes X, Y,..., with probabilities P(X), P(Y),... If later observation reveals that outcome Y has in fact been achieved, then the probability of outcome X cannot normally be revised to P(X|Y) [≡'P&∩Y)/P(Y)]. This can only be done in exceptional circumstances - when more than just knowledge of Y-ness has been attained. The …
Temporal Asymmetry in Classical Mechanics
This paper argues against a standard view that all deterministic and conservative classical mechanical systems are time-reversible, by asking how the temporal evolution of a system modulates parametric imprecision (either ontological or epistemic). It notes that well-behaved systems (e.g. inertial motion) can possess a dynamics which is unstable enough to fail at reversing uncertainties—even though exact values are reliably reversed. A limited (b…
Individualism, Causal Location, and the Eclipse of Scholastic Philosophy
Freudenthal has proposed that seventeenth-century philosophy depends upon a presumption that the behaviour of a material object is to be accounted for in terms of properties that are localized within its fundamental particles, rather than in the relationships between the object and its environment. He attributes this metaphysical preference to a special emphasis on the priority of the individual in contemporary social developments. I argue the co…
Rival Partners
The Decline and Fall of British Capitalism
Crisis in Britain
Mayer's Hypothesis
W. J. M. Rankine and the Rise of Thermodynamics
In the history of thermodynamics, two dates stand out as especially important: 1824, when Sadi Carnot's brilliant memoir Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu appeared in print; and 1850, when Rudolf Clausius published his similarly titled paper ‘Ueber die bewegende Kraft der Wärme’. In this paper Clausius narrowly beat the Scottish physicist William Thomson to the solution of a puzzle which had been highlighted in the latter's recent public…
What Happened to Occult Qualities in the Scientific Revolution
L'accueil des idees de Sadi Carnot et la technologie francaise de 1820 a 1860
Planetary Distances as a Test for the Copernican Theory
Supernaturalism and the Mechanical Philosophy
Un courant de la pensee scientifique a maintenu la distinction et la complementarite du surnaturel et de la nature, contre le naturalisme de la Renaissance| XVI-XVII s
Hermeticism and the Renaissance
Sunspots, Galileo, and the Orbit of the Earth
Idiosyncrasy, Achromatic Lenses, and Early Romanticism
Individualism, Causal Location, and the Eclipse of Scholastic Philosophy
Freudenthal has proposed that seventeenth-century philosophy depends upon a presumption that the behaviour of a material object is to be accounted for in terms of properties that are localized within its fundamental particles, rather than in the relationships between the object and its environment. He attributes this metaphysical preference to a special emphasis on the priority of the individual in contemporary social developments. I argue the co…
Dormitive Virtues, Scholastic Qualities, and the New Philosophies
Is Classical Mechanics Really Time-reversible and Deterministic
Temporal Asymmetry in Classical Mechanics
This paper argues against a standard view that all deterministic and conservative classical mechanical systems are time-reversible, by asking how the temporal evolution of a system modulates parametric imprecision (either ontological or epistemic). It notes that well-behaved systems (e.g. inertial motion) can possess a dynamics which is unstable enough to fail at reversing uncertainties—even though exact values are reliably reversed. A limited (b…
Differing Criteria for Temporal Symmetry
What Are Conditional Probabilities Conditional Upon
This paper rejects a traditional epistemic interpretation of conditional probability. Suppose some chance process produces outcomes X, Y,..., with probabilities P(X), P(Y),... If later observation reveals that outcome Y has in fact been achieved, then the probability of outcome X cannot normally be revised to P(X|Y) [≡'P&∩Y)/P(Y)]. This can only be done in exceptional circumstances - when more than just knowledge of Y-ness has been attained. The …
An Angel's View of Heaven
(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.)1. A PROBLEM AND ITS CONTEXTThis essay is about medieval heliocentricity. It pursues a surprising conclusion. Put starkly, I seek to show that the scholastic universe was widely understood to have a heliocentric design. This heliocentricity had, however, been defectively realized in the final materialization of God's cosmic plan, so was very different to the heliocentrism later pursued by Copernicu…
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