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Non-causal computation

Baumeler, Ämin ; Wolf, Stefan

In: Entropy, 2017, vol. 19, no. 7, p. 326-334

Computation models such as circuits describe sequences of computation steps that are carried out one after the other. In other words, algorithm design is traditionally subject to the restriction imposed by a fixed causal order. We address a novel computing paradigm beyond quantum computing, replacing this assumption by mere logical consistency: We study non-causal circuits, where a fixed time...

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The Causal Efficiency of the Passage of Time

Benovsky, Jiri

In: Philosophia, 2012, vol. 40, no. 4, p. 763-769

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To Think Human out of the Machine Paradigm: Homo Ex Machina

Kohler, Alaric

In: Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 2010, vol. 44, no. 1, p. 39-57

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Freedom in nature

Hájíček, P.

In: General Relativity and Gravitation, 2009, vol. 41, no. 9, p. 2073-2091

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On direction of dependence

Dodge, Yadolah ; Yadegari, Iraj

In: Metrika, 2010, vol. 72, no. 1, p. 139-150

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Causal loops : logically consistent correlations, time travel, and computation

Ämin, Baumeler ; Wolf, Stefan (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2017 ; 2017INFO002.

Causal loops are loops in cause-effect chains: An effect can be the cause of that effect's cause. We show that causal loops can be unproblematic, and explore them from different points of view. This thesis is motivated by quantum theory, general relativity, and quantum gravity. By accepting all of quantum theory one can ask whether the possibility to take superpositions extends to causal...