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Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Optimalization in Nature
Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh , Department of Philosophy
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

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Abstract: The talk deliberates about the idea that the world’s prevailing lawful constitution realizes a condition of optimality in that the laws of nature are such as to resolve a problem of maximization under constraints. 

 
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