Professor James A C Ladyman

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• Article (Academic Journal)

  The development of problems within the phlogiston theories, 1766-1791

  Blumenthal, G. & Ladyman, J., Oct 2017, In: Foundations of Chemistry. 19, 3, p. 241-280 40 p.

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  • Phlogiston 100%
  • Secondary Literature 16%
  • Impasse 14%
  • History of the Sciences 13%
  • Exposition 12%
  494 Downloads (Pure)

• The Hole Argument in Homotopy Type Theory

  Ladyman, J. & Presnell, S., 1 Apr 2020, In: Foundations of Physics. 50, p. 319-329 11 p.

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  • mathematics 100%
  • axioms 48%
  • relativity 40%
  • physics 28%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  144 Downloads (Pure)

• The New College is a Business Designed to Profit from Fear

  Ladyman, J., 2011, In: New Statesman 19 May, and The Australian Financial Review 23 May.

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• Theory comparison and choice in chemistry, 1766-1791

  Blumenthal, G. & Ladyman, J., Oct 2018, In: Foundations of Chemistry. 20, 3, p. 169-189 21 p.

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  • Theory Comparison 100%
  • Theory Choice 82%
  • Antoine Lavoisier 13%
  • Underdetermination 13%
  • Impasse 10%
  298 Downloads (Pure)

• The Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles and Quantum Mechanics

  Bigaj, T. & Ladyman, J. A. C., Jan 2010, In: Philosophy of Science. 77, 1, p. 117 - 136 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Identity of Indiscernibles 100%
  • Quantum Mechanics 66%
  • Criticism 19%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• The Scientistic Stance: The Empirical and Materialist Stances Reconciled

  Ladyman, JAC., Jan 2011, In: Synthese. 178, 1, p. 87 - 98 12 p.

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  • Materialist 100%
  • Stance 80%
  • empiricism 42%
  • history of science 42%
  • materialism 40%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• The social turn of artificial intelligence

  Cristianini, N., Scantamburlo, T. & Ladyman, J. A. C., 4 Oct 2021, In: AI and Society. p. 0-0 8 p., 0.

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  • Artificial Intelligence 100%
  • Artificial intelligence 89%
  • Intelligent systems 52%
  • New Paradigm 27%
  • Mediator 26%
  23 Downloads (Pure)

• The use of the information-theoretic entropy in thermodynamics

  Ladyman, J., Presnell, S. & Short, A. J., May 2008, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 39, 2, p. 315-324 10 p.

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  • Thermodynamics 100%
  • Entropy 75%
  • entropy 56%
  • thermodynamics 52%
  • Maxwell's Demon 41%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Tim Maudlin: The Metaphysics Within Physics

  Ladyman, JAC., May 2010, In: Erkenntnis. 72, 3, p. 411 - 416 6 p.

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  • Metaphysics 100%
  • Physics 67%
  • Review 43%

• Universes and Univalence in Homotopy Type Theory

  Ladyman, J. & Presnell, S., Sep 2019, In: Review of Symbolic Logic. 12, 3, p. 426-455 30 p.

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  • Homotopy Theory 100%
  • Homotopy Type 96%
  • Type Theory 95%
  • Justification 86%
  • Isomorphism 70%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  387 Downloads (Pure)

• What Does it Mean to Say a Physical System is Implements a Computation?

  Ladyman, JAC., Feb 2009, In: Theoretical Computer Science. 410, 4-5, p. 376 - 383 8 p.

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  • Irreversibility 100%
  • Thermodynamics 49%
  • Logical property 35%
  • Research and Development 33%
  • Physical process 29%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• What is a Complex System?

  Ladyman, J. A. C., Lambert, J. & Wiesner, K., Jan 2013, In: European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 3, 1, p. 33-67 35 p.

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  • Complex Systems 100%
  • Taxonomy 14%
  • Natural Science 13%
  • Social Sciences 12%
  • Characterization 11%
  262 Citations (Scopus)

• What is Structural Realism?

  Ladyman, JAC., 1998, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 29, 3, p. 409 - 424 16 p.

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  362 Citations (Scopus)

• What Rationality? A Comment On Levy's 'Is conspiracy theorising irrational?'

  Ladyman, J. A. C., 13 Feb 2020, In: Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 9, 2

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  • Conspiracy 100%
  • Conspiracy Theory 78%
  • Rationality 74%
  • Person 16%

• What's Really Wrong with Constructive Empiricism?: van Fraassen and the Metaphysics of Modality

  Ladyman, JAC., 2000, In: British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 51(2), p. 837 - 856 20 p.

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• Wouldn't it be Lovely: Explanation and Scientific realism: Review Symposium on Peter Lipton: 'Inference to the Best Explanation

  Ladyman, JAC., Dec 2005, In: Metascience. 14, 3, p. 331-338 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)

  • Peter Lipton 100%
  • Inference to the Best Explanation 77%
  • Scientific Realism 69%
  • realism 60%
  • edition 52%