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causation cont’d<br />
Humean 40<br />
superluminal 204–5<br />
see also relativity<br />
Causey, R. L. 87<br />
ceteris paribus 295–8<br />
see also laws<br />
chaotic systems 92<br />
see also s<strong>to</strong>chasticity<br />
chemistry 94, 100, 103<br />
Chomsky, Noam 8, 274<br />
chromosomes, independent assortment <strong>of</strong><br />
253<br />
Church, Alonzo 161<br />
Churchland, Patricia 58, 88–9, 103<br />
Churchland, Paul 85, 88, 281<br />
Churchman, C. West 5<br />
claims, universalizing 319<br />
classical mechanics 1, 18<br />
Clauser-Horne 205<br />
see also Bell, John<br />
Clif<strong>to</strong>n, Rob 218<br />
CMBR see cosmic microwave background<br />
radiation<br />
coexistence, peaceful 204–5<br />
cognition<br />
computational <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> 274<br />
embodied/embedded 282<br />
human 284<br />
systematicity 278<br />
see also cognitive maps<br />
cognitive content 116<br />
cognitive linguistics 110<br />
see also linguistics<br />
cognitive maps 274<br />
cognitive psychology 113, 130<br />
cognitive revolution 273–5<br />
see also counterrevolution <strong>to</strong> cognitive<br />
revolution<br />
cognitive science 272 (classical) 275<br />
see also artificial intelligence,<br />
consciousness, emotions<br />
cognitive studies 10<br />
collapse <strong>of</strong> wave function see wave function<br />
common causes 207<br />
complementarity 200<br />
see also Bohr, Niels, quantum mechanics<br />
completeness 203<br />
Index<br />
334<br />
Jarrett 204<br />
complex systems 259<br />
complexity 252, 259<br />
see also Bechtel, W.; computation, <strong>the</strong>ory<br />
<strong>of</strong>; Kauffman, Stuart; <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong><br />
infinitesimals<br />
Comp<strong>to</strong>n scattering 134<br />
computation, <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> 274<br />
computational <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> cognition, see<br />
computation, <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong><br />
concept, molecular gene 263<br />
conditionalization, principle <strong>of</strong> 24, 162<br />
Jeffrey 163<br />
confirmation 4–5, 21–8, 39, 53, 143<br />
see also Bayesianism, Bayes’s <strong>The</strong>orem,<br />
underdetermination<br />
connectability (principle) 86<br />
connectionism 276–7<br />
consciousness 96, 272<br />
hard problem <strong>of</strong> 95<br />
mind/body problem 95, 103<br />
self- 286<br />
see also artificial intelligence, cognitive<br />
science, Dennett, Daniel, eliminative<br />
materialism, neuroscience<br />
conservation <strong>of</strong> energy 179<br />
consistent (decoherent) his<strong>to</strong>ries 216–17<br />
see also interpretations <strong>of</strong> quantum<br />
mechanics<br />
constraint, developmental 254–9<br />
construction, niche 261<br />
constructive empiricism 31, 33<br />
contextualism 206<br />
see also Bell, John<br />
continental philosophy 320<br />
conventionalism 173, 179–84<br />
conventionality <strong>of</strong> simultaneity 181–3<br />
see also relativity, special <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong><br />
correlation/anticorrelation 202–3, 207–8<br />
see also quantum mechanics<br />
correspondence rules 56, 131<br />
see also observational vs. <strong>the</strong>oretical<br />
distinction<br />
cosmic censorship 189<br />
cosmic microwave background radiation<br />
(CMBR) 191<br />
measurements <strong>of</strong> 194<br />
see also isotropy, relativity
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