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Current and Historical Perspectives on the Use of Models in Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences (to be published within the Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science – Volume Editors: Lorenzo Magnani and Tommaso Bertolotti.
No full textInterpreting Quantum Entanglement. Steps Towards Coherentist Quantum Mechnanics
Full text linkWe put forward a new, ‘coherentist’ account of quantum entanglement, according to which
entangled systems are characterized by symmetric relations of ontological dependence among
the component particles. We compare this coherentist viewpoint with the two most popular
alternatives currently on offer—structuralism and holism—and argue that it is essentially different
from, and preferable to, both. In the course of this article, we point out how coherentism
might be extended beyond the case of entanglement and further articulated
Il DMDU per contrastare le fragilità climatiche. Un’integrazione con il progetto rigenerativo / How to tackle climate fragilities by DMDU. Making possible with regenerative design
No full textAlla luce dell’interazione complessa tra crisi climatica e città, la mutazione
odierna vissuta dalle discipline progettuali è connotata dal riorientamento
degli approcci deterministici, verso approcci flessibili. A tal proposito, un contributo
essenziale ai metodi e alle strategie operative di contrasto della fragilità
climatica dei sistemi urbani è quello del Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty
(DMDU). Il contributo proposto, alla luce dei recenti avanzamenti nell’ambito
degli approcci adattivi, discute concetti chiave, limitazioni attuali e potenzialità
dell’introduzione del DMDU nel metodo e nelle prassi operative del progetto
rigenerativo. In particolare, la riflessione critica condotta vuole restituire il ruolo
del progettista all’interno del DMDU ed è orientata a ridurre la fragilità climatica
odierna e, soprattutto futura, della città europea.The complex interaction between
city and climate crisis is converting
design-based disciplines from deterministic
to flexible approaches. In this regard,
Decision-Making Under Deep Uncertainty
(DMDU) methods and operational strategies
can be valuable support mechanisms
to cope with the emerging climate
fragilities of urban systems. In light of recent
advances in the field of adaptive approaches,
this paper discusses key concepts,
current limitations and the potential
to introduce the DMDU in the method
and practices of regenerative design. Our
critical discussion aims to restore the designer’s
role within the DMDU and to reduce
current and future climate fragilities
in European cities
What Ontology for Relational Quantum Mechanics?
No full textIn this paper, we evaluate some proposals that have been put forward to clarify the ontological consequences of relational quantum mechanics. We first focus on priority monism and ontic structural realism and argue that these views are not suitable for providing an ontological interpretation of the theory. Then, we discuss an alternative interpretation that we regard as more promising, based on so-called 'metaphysical coherentism', which we also connect to the idea of an event-based, or 'flash', ontology
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