Open Directory - Society: Philosophy: Philosophy of Science: Physics
See also: - 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. - Essay on evolution and consciousness by Piero Scaruffi. - Scientific applets, articles and book critically examine claims made in popular books - Time-lines of thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and symmetry. With links to other time-lines and resources. - On the uses, value, and epistomelogy of experiment. By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado. - Questions at the interface between physics, biology and philosophy - 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. - 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. - Collection of essays, not always orthodox, but always lucid, on historical and important current issues in mathematics and physics. - Collection of papers on causality, free will etc - Positivist view of Physics, which had influenced the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum mechanics (CI). - A collection of links, from Norman Redington at MIT. - A collection of articles and notes from Soshichi Uchii, at Kyoto University. - Skeptical overview of proposed links between quantum mechanics and consciousness. - His exploration is so much more serious philosophically than almost anything that has been done since Einstein and Schrodinger - Comprises a high school course that offers source writings for study of the relationship between philosophical and scientific discoveries and personal world-views. - Papers by Feynman on paranormal 'sciences', Sokal Affair (use of pseudo-physics in social sciences), critique of Kuhn. Also a collection of links. - What the second law of thermodynamics is all about, and how it is constantly 'dammed' or blocked by activation energy - On the frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle. - A set of book and article reviews, not limited to physics. - Transcript of a talk by Lawrence Sklar discussing areas of physics not directly explicable by fundamental dynamic principles alone. [PDF] - Measurement performed on one part of a quantum system can have an instantaneous effect on the result of a measurement performed on another part. Entaglment. - A review of Paul Davies' exposition of foundational philosophical issues. (December 10, 2001)
