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#climate science Open access Aug 2026

Does Scientific Explanation Depend on Narrative Coherence?

This paper critically examines the long-standing question of whether scientific explanation depends on narrative coherence. While traditional philosophy of science has largely marginalized the role of narrative, this paper argues that narrative coherence is not merely a rhetorical or pedagogical tool, but a fundamental...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#climate science Open access Aug 2026

Does Scientific Explanation Depend on Narrative Coherence?

This paper critically examines the long-standing question of whether scientific explanation depends on narrative coherence. While traditional philosophy of science has largely marginalized the role of narrative, this paper argues that narrative coherence is not merely a rhetorical or pedagogical tool, but a fundamental...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#natural language process... Open access Aug 2026

Is Science Losing Its Objectivity in a Post-COVID World?

The COVID-19 pandemic served as a profound stress test for the global scientific enterprise, conducted under unprecedented public scrutiny and political pressure. This paper argues that the pandemic did not simply erode scientific objectivity but rather accelerated a necessary reckoning with its complex nature. Moving...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#natural language process... Open access Aug 2026

Is Science Losing Its Objectivity in a Post-COVID World?

The COVID-19 pandemic served as a profound stress test for the global scientific enterprise, conducted under unprecedented public scrutiny and political pressure. This paper argues that the pandemic did not simply erode scientific objectivity but rather accelerated a necessary reckoning with its complex nature. Moving...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#machine learning Open access Aug 2026

Can Democracy Survive in a Hyperconnected World?

This paper explores the complex and often contradictory relationship between hyperconnectivity and democracy. Drawing on novel theoretical frameworks inspired by quantum mechanics, network science, and temporal dynamics, we argue that the hyperconnected world is not simply an extension of the classical political landsc...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#machine learning Open access Aug 2026

Can Democracy Survive in a Hyperconnected World?

This paper explores the complex and often contradictory relationship between hyperconnectivity and democracy. Drawing on novel theoretical frameworks inspired by quantum mechanics, network science, and temporal dynamics, we argue that the hyperconnected world is not simply an extension of the classical political landsc...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#natural language process... Open access Aug 2026

Are Moral Facts Real or Constructed? Novel Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Moral Ontology

The question of whether moral facts are real or constructed has dominated metaethical discourse for centuries, with traditional positions including moral realism, anti-realism, and constructivism offering competing accounts of moral ontology. This paper introduces four novel theoretical frameworks that transcend tradit...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#natural language process... Open access Aug 2026

Are Moral Facts Real or Constructed? Novel Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Moral Ontology

The question of whether moral facts are real or constructed has dominated metaethical discourse for centuries, with traditional positions including moral realism, anti-realism, and constructivism offering competing accounts of moral ontology. This paper introduces four novel theoretical frameworks that transcend tradit...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Open access Jul 2026

Radical Empathy as a Moral Imperative in the 21st Century: The Empathic Imperative Thesis

This thesis examines whether radical empathy constitutes a moral imperative in the 21st century, presenting a novel theoretical framework termed the Empathic Imperative Thesis (EIT). Through comprehensive analysis of philosophical foundations, empirical evidence, and contemporary global challenges, this work argues tha...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Book Open access Jul 2026

Radical Empathy as a Moral Imperative in the 21st Century: The Empathic Imperative Thesis

This thesis examines whether radical empathy constitutes a moral imperative in the 21st century, presenting a novel theoretical framework termed the Empathic Imperative Thesis (EIT). Through comprehensive analysis of philosophical foundations, empirical evidence, and contemporary global challenges, this work argues tha...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Open access Jul 2026

Beyond Participatory Explanation: Ontological Reflexivity Theory as a Resolution to the Consciousness Emergence Problem

David Cota’s evaluation of the author’s “participatory explanation” approach to consciousness reveals fundamental conceptual problems that plague contemporary consciousness studies. Cota identifies a critical conflation between reason as a symbolic-operational function, and consciousness as a phenomenal-experiential fi...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Open access Jul 2026

Beyond Participatory Explanation: Ontological Reflexivity Theory as a Resolution to the Consciousness Emergence Problem

David Cota’s evaluation of the author’s “participatory explanation” approach to consciousness reveals fundamental conceptual problems that plague contemporary consciousness studies. Cota identifies a critical conflation between reason as a symbolic-operational function, and consciousness as a phenomenal-experiential fi...

Kwan Hong TAN · 0 citations

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Microsoft Research Blog Oct 21, 2026

Solving a 31-year-old grand challenge in mathematics – the KLS conjecture

For decades, a fundamental question about the difficulty of computing in high-dimensional spaces has resisted proof. New research resolves this question, removing a major theoretical obstacle to understanding the efficiency of randomized algorithms used across science and computing. The Kannan–Lovász–Simonovits (KLS) conjecture was proposed in 1995. It asks whether, for a broad class of high-dimensional […] The post Solving a 31-year-old grand challenge in mathematics – the KLS conjecture appear…

Hugging Face Blog Oct 20, 2026

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