(History of) Economic Knowledge Freed from Determinism

Biography of Karl Freed.

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Non-Determinism and the Dynamics of Knowledge

In this paper we attempt to shed light on the concept of an agent’s knowledge after a non-deterministic action is executed. We start by making a comparison between notions of non-deterministic choice, and between notions of sequential composition, of settings with dynamic and/or epistemic character; namely Propositional Dynamic Logic (PDL), Dynamic Epistemic Logic (DEL), and the more recent log...

Freed by light

Freed by light cancer cell can spawn a tumor only if it begins to multiply, a process usually blamed on mutations in oncogenes or tumor-suppressor genes. Now, a new study suggests that carcinogens may promote the growth of cancer cells by altering the cell's surroundings instead of by causing genetic damage. Clonal expansion, when a single cancer cell explodes into a multitude, is what makes ca...

Useful Knowledge as an Evolving System: the view from Economic history

Economic History