Society, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physics
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- On the uses, value, and epistomelogy of experiment. By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado.
- On the frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle.
- A resource site on the works of Robert Rosen, who showed that biological systems demonstrate complexities and physics beyond the strictures of Newtonian mechanics.
- Assesses the metaphysical implications of quantum theory by considering the impact of the theory on our understanding of objects as individuals with well defined identity conditions. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Steven French.
- A collection of links, from Norman Redington at MIT.
- Time-lines of thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and symmetry. With links to other time-lines and resources.
- Assuming that all quantities, including space and time, are finite and discrete.
- Essay on evolution and consciousness by Piero Scaruffi.
- What the second law of thermodynamics is all about, and how it is constantly 'dammed' or blocked by activation energy
- Positivist view of Physics, which had influenced the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum mechanics (CI).
- A review of Paul Davies' exposition of foundational philosophical issues.
- Collection of essays, not always orthodox, but always lucid, on historical and important current issues in mathematics and physics.
- Papers by Feynman on paranormal 'sciences', Sokal Affair (use of pseudo-physics in social sciences), critique of Kuhn. Also a collection of links.
- Are physicists realists? - results of a poll.
- Detailed and critical review by Ray Kurzweil of the book by Stephen Wolfram.
- Science from the point of view of complex systems: from the origins of apparent randomness in physical systems, to the development of complexity in biology.
- A collection of articles and notes from Soshichi Uchii, at Kyoto University.
- Crucial chapter from Kuhn's famous book outlining how sciences is forced to go through a paradigm-shift, and see the world in terms of a new theory and new concepts.
- His exploration is so much more serious philosophically than almost anything that has been done since Einstein and Schrodinger
- A set of book and article reviews, not limited to physics.
- On the experiment to show that a measurement performed on one part of a quantum system can have an instantaneous effect on the result of a measurement performed on another part.
- Collection of papers on causality, free will etc
- Skeptical overview of QM and consciousness connection.
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