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  1. The use and misuse of critical gedankenexperimente.Sheldon Krimsky - 1973 - Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 4 (2):323-334.
    Three uses of critical thought experiments outlined in the paper are related to general questions of evaluation. A proposal offered by Karl Popper concerning the so-called "apologetic" use of Gedankenexperimente is critically assessed. Specifically, his methodological principle that one should not use a second theory in order to defend a first theory against a critical thought experiment is discussed with reference to the photon-box Gedankenexperiment and the Maxwell-demon paradox. It is argued that the rescuing of one theory from conceptual anomaly (...)
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  • The use and misuse of critical Gedankenexperimente.Sheldon Krimsky - 1973 - Zeitschrift Für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 4 (2):323-334.
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  • On global theories.C. A. Hooker - 1975 - Philosophy of Science 42 (2):152-179.
    Contrary to the Empiricist model of science, successful sufficiently fundamental theories not only fit and unify their data fields but also prescribe the general terms in which relevantly to describe observation; specify what is and is not observable; specify the conditions under which what is observable, is observable; specify the instrumental means and reliability by which what is measurable is measured; specify what is causally, statistically, and merely accidentally connected. Moreover, such theories typically require all or most of the entire (...)
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  • Against Krips' resolution of two paradoxes in quantum mechanics.C. A. Hooker - 1971 - Philosophy of Science 38 (3):418-428.
    Once upon a time the well-known paradoxes of quantum mechanics seemed especially difficult because of the rather bizarre behavior of the wave packet under the von Neumann theory of measurement, to which behavior these paradoxical situations seemed to draw especial attention. Quite recently quantum theoretical accounts of the measurement process have been appearing which sidestep direct reference to such things as “contraction” of the wave packet. With this development it has become increasingly popular to take a “cool” approach to these (...)
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  • Time symmetry and interpretation of quantum mechanics.O. Costa de Beauregard - 1976 - Foundations of Physics 6 (5):539-559.
    A drastic resolution of the quantum paradoxes is proposed, combining (I) von Neumann's postulate that collapse of the state vector is due to the act of observation, and (II) my reinterpretation of von Neumann's quantal irreversibility as an equivalence between wave retardation and entropy increase, both being “factlike” rather than “lawlike” (Mehlberg). This entails a coupling of the two de jure symmetries between (I) retarded and (II) advanced waves, and between Aristotle's information as (I) learning and (II) willing awareness. Symmetric (...)
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