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COSMOLOGICAL MODEL BASED ON EPISTEMOLOGICAL
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Author: |
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Alastair J. Hewitt |
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Nondeterministic Information Systems, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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June 16, 2005 |
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A simple epistemological principle implying that if an
attribute of a system is fundamentally unknowable, then
a choice is available in the assignment of the
attribute. This principle is derived from a class of
interaction free measurement experiments proposed by
Elitzur and Dolev, and shown to underly the
indeterminate behavior of all quantum system. An
important implication of the principle is that any
initial condition assigned to the universe must always
contain a degree of choice, ex post facto. This
mechanism therefore requires a first cause selection
agency and it is proposed that life emerged with at
least a limited ability to fulfill this role; not just
as a consequence of the universe, but as much a part of
its ultimate ontology. |
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