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29Prior's Grappling with Peirce's Existential GraphsHistory and Philosophy of Logic 39 (2): 158-163. 2018.A. N. Prior very much admired the logic and philosophy of C.S. Peirce. In the spring of 1962 Prior went to Chicago to study Peirce's ideas. One of the topics that caught his attention was Peirce's existential graphs. This interest continued when he returned to England. In this paper Prior's grappling with the existential graphs will be discussed.
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54A critical discussion of Prior’s philosophical and tense-logical analysis of the ideas of indeterminism and human freedomSynthese 196 (1): 69-85. 2019.This paper is a critical discussion of A.N. Prior’s contribution to the modern understanding of indeterminism and human freedom of choice. Prior suggested that these ideas should be conceived in terms of his tense logic. It can be demonstrated that his approach provides an attractive formalization that makes it possible to discuss indeterminism and human freedom of choice in a very precise manner and in a broader metaphysical context. It is also argued that Prior’s development of this approach w…Read more
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Richard Lavenham on Temporal InstantsCahiers de l'Institut du Moyen-Âge Grec Et Latin 49 7-23. 1985.
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53Nissim-Sabat On The The One-Way Velocity Of LightBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 37 (1): 120-122. 1986.
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37Geochronology as a metaphysical research programmeZeitschrift Für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 18 (1-2): 204-214. 1987.In diesem Artikel wird der wissenschaftstheoretische Stand der Geochronologie mit Hintergrund in den Arbeiten von Kuhn und besonders Popper diskutiert. Die Geochronologie wird untersucht mit Hinblick auf generelle methodologische Voraussetzungen, Terminologie, normal-wissenschaftliche Aktivitätsform und "theoretische Dogmatik". Als Konklusion ergibt sich, daß die fundamentalen Theoriekonstruktionen der Geochronologie nicht testbar sind, sondern als ein metaphysisches Forschungsprogramm im Sinne …Read more
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34Conventionality in distant simultaneityFoundations of Physics 10 (3-4): 333-343. 1980.The paper defends the thesis of conventionality in distant simultaneity within the special theory of relativity. The thesis can be expressed in the following way: There is no method independent of standard synchronization by which the one-way velocity of light can be measured if all empirical consequences of the special theory of relativity are to be accepted. Three methods which have recently been suggested are investigated. It is shown that they all depend on the method of standard synchroniza…Read more
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79Ethical problems inherent in psychological research based on internet communication as stored informationTheoretical Medicine and Bioethics 28 (3): 221-241. 2007.This paper deals with certain ethical problems inherent in psychological research based on internet communication as stored information. Section 1 contains an analysis of research on Internet debates. In particular, it takes into account a famous example of deception for psychology research purposes. In section 2, the focus is on research on personal data in texts published on the Internet. Section 3 includes an attempt to formulate some ethical principles and guidelines, which should be regarde…Read more
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35Prior’s paradigm for the study of time and its methodological motivationSynthese 193 (11): 3401-3416. 2016.A. N. Prior’s writings should obviously be studied already for historical reasons. His inventions of modern temporal logic and hybrid logic are clearly important events in the history of logic. But the enduring importance of studying his works also rests on his methodological approach, which remains highly relevant also for systematical reasons. In this paper we argue that Prior’s formulation in the 1950s of a tense-logical paradigm for the study of time should be understood in the light of at l…Read more
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37From a logical angle: Some studies in A.N. Prior’s ideas on time, discourse and metaphysicsSynthese 188 (3): 325-330. 2012.
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8Chapter Fifteen–The Uncertainty of the FutureIn Paul Harris & Michael Crawford (eds.), Time and uncertainty, Brill. pp. 11--229. 2004.
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Aalborg UniversityProfessor
Aalborg University
PhD, 1980
Sønder Tranders, Region North Jutland, Denmark
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |