In 1994, Maudlin proposed an objection to retrocausal approaches to quantum mechanics in general, and to the transactional interpretation (TI) in particular, involving an absorber that changes location depending on the trajectory of the particle. Maudlin considered this objection fatal. However, the TI did not die; rather, a number of responses were developed, some attempting to accommodate Mau...

According to the self-representational theory of consciousness – selfrepresentationalism for short – a mental state is phenomenally conscious when, and only when, it represents itself in the right way. In this paper, I consider how selfrepresentationalism might address the alleged explanatory gap between phenomenal consciousness and physical properties. I open with a presentation of selfreprese...

In 1994, Maudlin proposed proposed an objection to the transactional interpretation (TI), involving an absorber that changes location depending on the trajectory of the particle. Maudlin considered this objection fatal. However, the TI did not die; rather, a number of responses were developed, some attempting to accommodate Maudlin’s example within the existing TI, and others modifying the TI. ...

Sufficientarian theories of distributive justice are often considered to be vulnerable the ‘blindness inequality and other values objection’. This objection targets their commitment holding moral irrelevance requirements above absolute thresholds advantage, making them insufficiently sensitive egalitarian concerns that do have relevance for justice. paper explores how sufficientarians could rep...

According to the weak formulation of anthropic principle, all fundamental physical constants have just such values that they enabled origin life. In this survey paper, we demonstrate also current value Hubble–Lemaître constant essentially contributed existence humankind. Life on Earth has existed continually for at least 3.5 Gyr, and requires very stable conditions during quite long time interv...

It is possible that the scale of gravity, parametrized by the apparent Planck mass, may obtain different values within different universes in an encompassing multiverse. We investigate the range over which the Planck mass may scan while still satisfying anthropic constraints. The window for anthropically allowed values of the Planck mass may have important consequences for landscape predictions...

Behaviour comparisons of Aedes scapularis and Ae. serratus are presented. Results were obtained by sampling Aedes adult mosquitoes at several places in the rural anthropic environment in the Ribeira Valley region of S. Paulo State, Brazil. Aedes dominance was shared by those two species, but Ae. scapularis showed a clear tendency to frequent the modified environment, while Ae. serratus was to b...

In the context of models where the dark energy density rD is a random variable, anthropic selection effects may explain both the ‘‘old’’ cosmological constant problem and the ‘‘time coincidence.’’ We argue that this type of solution to both cosmological constant problems entails a number of definite predictions, which can be checked against upcoming observations. In particular, the anthropic ap...