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applied to itself
Sober, Einsteins Machs principle,
and the cosmological constant
Vasil Penchev
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences:
Institute for the Study of Societies and
Knowledge: Dept. of Logical Systems and
Models: vasildinev@gmail.com
Machs Razor
If that principle should be universal, a common
Sobers cure
The self-contradiction of Machs razor can be
following:
One theory as a very extended notion can be defined
both by its extension, i.e. as the collection of data
(facts), and by its intension, i.e. as a certain subset of
a reference set
The two ways of definition are different in general
between
(A) principles, axioms, premises and any
statements, which are constant, and
(B) experiments, theorems, results and any fact,
which are variables
(A) is the intension of the notion, to which the
theory is supposedly equivalent
(B) is the corresponding extension
(A) and (B) turn out to be in information
equilibrium after a long enough period
That equation
as information (entropy) equilibrium
The coincidence of the extension and intension
Conclusions:
Any actual and last theory yet not being
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