[4] viXra:2307.0139 [pdf] submitted on 2023-07-26 22:09:25
Authors: Nicolae Sfetcu
Comments: 35 Pages. In Romanian (Correction made by viXra admin - For the last time, please conform!)
An analysis of the concepts of heuristics and methodological tolerance developed by Lakatos, based on the article "Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programs", first published in 1970 and then in the book The methodology of scientific research programs, Volume I. I analyzed, in this text, the author's exemplification for Bohr's light emission research program (in early quantum physics). A detailed exemplification of the concepts is presented by Lakatos in the section "Newton's effect on scientific standards" in the same book. I have also made frequent references to the book Proofs and Refutations (Lakatos 1976) published by Lakatos in 1976, in which he exposes his heuristic view through a direct application to the evolution of mathematics, and I have also referred to articles by other authors for the analysis of the two concepts in Lakatos' view.
Category: General Science and Philosophy
[3] viXra:2307.0131 [pdf] submitted on 2023-07-25 22:55:04
Authors: Manfred U. E. Pohl
Comments: 9 Pages. (This submission is reclassified by viXra Admin)
What is the seduction behind the expulsion from paradise in detail? If we recognize that "time" stands on the one hand for the principle of cause and effect and thus for the interaction between nature (God) and man and on the other hand for the principle of relativity (movement) and separate these two things, then we limit the area of mathematically formally describable perception to the earthly level and respect that the causal level, i.e. the real drive of the universe, cannot be described with formulas, numbers and physical units, but exists. This is exactly what man has deviated from when he defined "time" as a physical unit in order to explore the essence, i.e. the laws of nature (God), which, however, must remain closed to him on principle. In other words, by embarking on a search for a mathematically describable reality, man takes the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. The world formula, on the other hand, says: There can be no such world formula.
Category: General Science and Philosophy
[2] viXra:2307.0117 [pdf] submitted on 2023-07-22 21:59:49
Authors: Sasan Ardalan, Donald Elkins
Comments: 18 Pages.
The Architecture for Networked Robots presented in this paper, is designed so that entities at the Enterprise level, such as a Java Application can access multiple Robots with real-time, two-way, on-demand reading of sensors and the control over Robot motion (actuators). If an application can simultaneously have access to the sensors of multiple Robots, then sophisticated algorithms can be developed to coordinate the movement of multiple robots. The simultaneous combined full knowledge of all aspects of the Robot's sensors and motion control, open up the capability to make multiple Robots act in a coordinated and purposeful way. In addition, the Networked Robots Architecture allows for multiple Enterprise Entities to have simultaneous access to the same Robot. A significant aspect of this architecture is that multiple independent entities can simultaneously access the Robot through a real time connection. For example, while a Java Application is monitoring and controlling a Robot, another entity such as an HTML5 WebSocket Client can also control and monitor the same Robot through a Web Browser. A multi-threaded WebSocket Server with routing is combined with a separate multi-threaded TCP/IP Server called the Frontline Server. The Robots connect through the Frontline Server which creates a thread per connection and connects to the WebSocket Server. The WebSocket server accepts connections through Enterprise Applications( e.g. Java based) and Remote Web Based Applications. Each Robot has a unique identification (48 bit represented in hexadecimal) and a truncated WebSocket Session ID that is maintained throughout the connections, including in the Robot's Firmware. Both WiFi LAN and 4G LTE WAN are supported with Robots in both networks accessible through the Internet.
Category: General Science and Philosophy
[1] viXra:2307.0089 [pdf] submitted on 2023-07-17 23:18:37
Authors: Nicolae Sfetcu
Comments: 8 Pages. (Corrections made by viXra Admin to conform with the requirements on the Submission Form - For the last time, please conform!)
The delimitation between science and pseudoscience is part of the more general task of determining which beliefs are epistemologically justified. Standards for demarcation may vary by domain, but several basic principles are universally accepted. Karl Popper proposed falsifiability as an important criterion in distinguishing between science and pseudoscience. He argues that verification and confirmation can play no role in formulating a satisfactory criterion of demarcation. Instead, it proposes that scientific theories be distinguished from non-scientific theories by testable claims that future observations might reveal to be false.
Category: General Science and Philosophy