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31We consider the question of whether thermodynamic macrostates are objective consequences of dynamics, or subjective reflections of our ignorance of a physical system. We argue that they are both; more specifically, that the set of macrostates forms the unique maximal partition of phase space which 1) is consistent with our observations (a subjective fact about our ability to observe the system) and 2) obeys a Markov process (an objective fact about the system's dynamics). We review the ideas of …Read more
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16International Relations Theory and Philosophy: Interpretive Dialogues (edited book)Routledge. 2010.This book discusses the contribution of philosophers and thinkers whose ideas have recently begun to permeate international relations theory. It provides an introduction to the contemporary debates regarding theories and methodologies used to study international relations, particularly the relationships between interpretive accounts of social action, European philosophical traditions, hermeneutics and the discipline of international relations. The authors provides a platform for dialogue between…Read more
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16Cultural, Gender, and Individual Differences in Perceptual and Semantic Structures of Basic Colors in Chinese and EnglishJournal of Cognition and Culture 2 (1): 1-28. 2002.In this paper we examine the judged similarity among the eight basic focal colors, and their names, among female and male Chinese and English speaking respondents. The major findings are: all respondents share approximately sixty percent of their knowledge of the judged similarity structures of both semantic and perceptual tasks, there are genuine individual differences among respondents that account for about fourteen percent of their knowledge on average, there are small but statistically sign…Read more
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7Speaking of music: addressing the sonorous (edited book)Fordham University Press. 2013.Addresses the ways that writers, musicians, philosophers, politicians, critics, and scholars speak of music from varying standpoints and in varying ways.
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2What Is a Macrostate? Subjective Observations and Objective DynamicsFoundations of Physics 55 (1): 1-22. 2024.We consider the question of whether thermodynamic macrostates are objective consequences of dynamics, or subjective reflections of our ignorance of a physical system. We argue that they are both; more specifically, that the set of macrostates forms the unique maximal partition of phase space which (1) is consistent with our observations (a subjective fact about our ability to observe the system) and (2) obeys a Markov process (an objective fact about the system’s dynamics). We review the ideas o…Read more
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5 Jan Patočka and global politicsIn Cerwyn Moore & Chris Farrands (eds.), International Relations Theory and Philosophy: Interpretive Dialogues, Routledge. pp. 80--46. 2010.
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Working the Government: Australia’s South Sea Islanders, their knowledge of and interaction with government processes, 1863-1908South Pacific Journal of Philosophy and Culture 8. 2004.
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Changes in Melanesian Masculinities: An Historical ApproachSouth Pacific Journal of Philosophy and Culture 11. 2010.