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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
bachelor's at Física from Universidade de São Paulo (1982), bachelor's at Filosofia from Universidade de São Paulo (1984), master's at Physic from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1985) and doctorate at História e Filosofia da Ciência from Indiana University (1990). Has experience in Philosophy, acting on the following subjects: mecânica quântica, histórias contrafactuais, interpretação, modelos causais and filosofia da ciência. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The thematic research project, to be developed from 2001 to 2004,consists of two research lines which are complementaries: a theoretical line and a historical tine. The theoretical line comprises studies in three convergent directions: (i) logic and philosophy of science; (ii) metaphysics and (iii) historiography and sociology of science. In the first direction, we proceed to the logical…
The present Research Project aims to contribute to the advancement of the neuro-philosophical debate about consciousness, as well as the verification of some possible applications of a particular model of philosophical understanding in a prominent contemporary framework underlying the current scenario of empirical research on human cognition. To do so, we will start from the Dennettian as…
The central issue I wish to address with my research is the tension between the high desirability and extreme risks of using technology to improve fundamental human traits - that is, of human enhancement. I will address four separate specific issues related to risks from moral enhancement (the enhancement of moral dispositions) in four publications. The first publication I will argue that…
The aim of this project is to investigate one of the most fundamental and necessary concepts required for us to have empirical understanding of the world: the observable. It is the current conceptual picture of fundamental physics that gives to this philosophical exploration context and motivation-the fact that a true quantum gravity theory has remained elusive, that is to say. There do e…
Contemporary physics can be nowadays characterized by the acknowledgment of four forces or interactions (taken as) fundamental, namely, (1) electromagnetism; (2) strong nuclear force; (3) weak nuclear force and (4) gravity. Regarding these forces, only gravity resists to a description in terms of quantum theory. (1), (2) and (3) are depictured in terms of the standard model of elementary …
The subject of this project is the Aharonov-Bohm Effect (EAB). Since its prediction by physicists Yakir Aharonov and David Bohm in an article published in 1959, many papers on the topic have been published and the controversy about the relevance of potentials in non-relativistic quantum mechanics has been a subject much discussed by mathematicians, physicists and philosophers of science. …
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This investigation is intended to serve the purpose of understanding the philosophical and scientific role of the concept of observable in quantum theory by means the analysis of two specific problems, namely, the problem suggested by the mathematical representation of observables and the problem suggested by the use of classical referential semantics in the quantum-theoretical context. T…
Daniel Wegner's attack on the consciousness of intentions has brought to light the importance of understanding how intentions may be conscious or unconscious for different action production processes. This is a relevant part of challenging Wegner's statement that intentions are always conscious and, because of this, cannot be part of action production. Hence, an investigation of neuroscie…
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