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- Integrated information is not causation: why integrated information theory’s causal structures do not beat causal reductionism(Springer, 2023) Sánchez-Cañizares, J. (Javier)In a recent work (Grasso et al., 2021), practitioners of the Integrated Information Theory (IIT) claim to have overcome the weaknesses of causal reductionism in producing a coherent account of causation, as causal reductionism would blatantly conflate causation with prediction and could not answer the question of ‘what caused what.’ In this paper, I reject such a dismissal of causal reductionism since IIT anti-reductionists misunderstand the reductionist stance. The reductionists can still invoke a causal account stemming from the causal power of the universe’s basic units and interactions that, eventually, may lead to structures supporting integrated information. Additionally, I claim that the IIT-inspired misunderstanding of causal reductionism originates from the former’s metaphysical deficit, conflating information with causation. However, as a possible way out, if IIT is complemented with a deeper metaphysical ground, such as nested hylomorphism, an improved argument against causal reductionism can be made to work by invoking formal causality as the ultimate cause of integration in natural systems.
- The impact of religion on Kelvin's physical insights. Thermodynamics and the age of the earth(2018) Sánchez-Cañizares, J. (Javier)Thermodynamics developed as a new branch of physics in the 19th century helping to go beyond a purely mechanistic understanding of nature. Among its founding fathers, it is William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) who offers a most promising perspective in order to highlight the influence of religious views in the improvement of science. In this article, I will focus on the controversy about the age of the Earth which confronted Kelvin with many geologists and defenders of the theory of evolution and I will explain the connections between Kelvin s credo and his scientific attack on uniformitarianism. Kelvin s contribution, even if ultimately proven wrong, was right in spirit and served the transition from qualitative to quantitative geology.
- Ciencia y fe: nuevas perspectivas(Universidad Nicolás Copérnico de Torun, 2013) Artigas, M. (Mariano)Los conocimientos actuales sobre el dinamismo y la autoorganización de la naturaleza permiten establecer sobre bases más sólidas la cooperación entre los ámbitos de la ciencia y la religión que reclama la época contemporánea. Las pautas estructurales y dinámicas que encontramos en los procesos naturales pueden verse como el almacenamiento y despliegue de una información que les sirve de guía. La reflexión filosófica a partir de estas realidades lleva como de la mano al legítimo replanteamiento de la cuestión de la finalidad natural y de un renovado antropocentrismo, que considera la creatividad científica como una de las principales manifestaciones de la singularidad humana.
- Mecánica, ciencia y principios. Una interpretacion desde Polo(Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra, 2007) Collado-González, S. (Santiago)La física que nació en el siglo XVII se constituyó pronto como paradigma científico. La clave de su éxito fue el uso que Newton hizo de las matemáticas. Sostengo que el análisis de la mecánica newtoniana encerraba los motivos de la crisis que atravesó en el siglo XTX, y también los recursos para superarla. Estudiamos en este artículo las razones de carácter epistemológico que explican estos avatares desde la gnoseologia poliana.
- Aspectos pastorales de la influencia de la ciencia en la cultura contemporánea(2010-06-25T08:22:58Z) Artigas, M. (Mariano)
- Ciencia y transcendencia(1991) Artigas, M. (Mariano)
- El cientificismo, hoy(2010-06-25T08:10:20Z) Artigas, M. (Mariano)Congreso mundial de filosofía cristiana, Quito, 1989
- Articulating science and theology: presuppositions and implications of science(2010-06-25T07:58:40Z) Artigas, M. (Mariano)Communication presented in the Sixth European Conference on Science and Theology (ESSSAT VI), Cracovia (Poland), March 26-31, 1996
- Science, reason and faith in the third millenium(2003) Artigas, M. (Mariano)
- Three levels of interaction between science and philosophy(Rodopi, 1992) Artigas, M. (Mariano)