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only in this directory Philosophy of Physics Complex Systems (48) Folklore and Legends (7) Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics@ (12) Metaphysics@ (48) Mind Body, Consciousness (6) Quantum Reality and Locality (12) Seeds and Escapes (12) Time and Timelessness (11)	Digital Philosophy -- Ed Fredkin Copyright 2001 Edward Fredkin Digital Philosophy Introduction to Digital Philosophy (Current Draft) On the Soul (2000 Draft Paper) Finite Nature (1992 Paper) A New Cosmogony (1992 Paper) A Physicist's Model (1991 Paper) Digital Mechanics (1990 Paper) Digital Mechanics (2000 Draft of Book) Conservative Logic (1982 Paper) Join Discussion Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalphilosophy) ... www.digitalphilosophy.org/ reviews This is... History Page A part of the HyperJeff Network. A collection of chronologies arranged by subjects. Also, there are some old History links. These timelines are under continual development by design. Studying the history of science is a life-long process, and making such maps help by providing a skeletal reference for these studies. I hope these can be of use to you, but a history timeline is no substitute for ... history.hyperjeff.net/ reviews Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Science A few miles farther on, we came to a big, gravelly roadcut that looked like an ashfall, a mudflow, glacial till, and fresh oatmeal, imperfectly blended. I don't know what this glop is, said, in final capitulation. You need a new geologist. You need a Californian. John McPhee, Assembling California, p. 11 Essays The Sin of Galileo Sir Karl Popper (1902-1994) Exchange with ... www.friesian.com/science.htm reviews Experiments in Physics Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z Experiment in Physics Physics, and natural science in general, is a reasonable enterprise based on valid experimental evidence, criticism, and rational discussion. It provides us with knowledge of the physical world and it is experiment that provides the ... plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-experiment/ reviews CSICOP / Skeptical Inquirer / January 1997 / Quantum Quackery CSICOP On-line Search: CSICOP On-line all of the Web Skeptic Dictionary Skeptic Bibliography Amazon.com Skeptical Inquirer Subscribe for the Internet price of $19.95 Skeptical Briefs Join CSICOP as an associate member! About CSICOP Contact Us Join the Mailing List Events Bookstore Giftshop Chat Room Links Site Map Make a tax-deductible donation to CSICOP ); } } //-- ... www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html reviews Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions 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 ... www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/kuhn.htm reviews Holism and Nonseparability in Physics Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z Holism and Nonseparability in Physics It has sometimes been suggested that quantum phenomena exhibit a characteristic holism or nonseparability, and that this distinguishes quantum from classical physics. One puzzling quantum phenomenon arises when one ... plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-holism/ reviews Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory What are the metaphysical implications of quantum physics One way of approaching this question is to consider the impact of the theory on our understanding of objects as individuals with well defined identity ... plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-idind/ reviews Reichenbach's Common Cause Principle Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z Reichenbach's Common Cause Principle Suppose that two geysers, about one mile apart, erupt at irregular intervals, but usually erupt almost exactly at the same time. One would suspect that they come from a common source, or at least that there is a common ... plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-Rpcc/ reviews The Emperor's New Mind, by Roger Penrose The Emperor's New Mind, by Roger Penrose Oxford University Press, 1990 STEPHEN W. HAWKING: Although I'm regarded as a dangerous radical by particle physicists for proposing that there may be loss of quantum coherence, I'm definitely a conservative compared to Roger. I take the positivist viewpoint that a physical theory is just a mathematical model and that it is meaningless to ask whether it ... www.friesian.com/penrose.htm reviews Philosophical Foundations of Physics Excerpt from Canap's Philosophical Foundations of Physics ... www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/carnap.htm reviews Epistemology and Modern Physics Essay on the Epistemological foundations of modern physics by Moritz Schlick, founder of the Vienna Circle ... www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/schlick.htm reviews Philosophy of Physics Assorted Index for Uchii's Online Articles Philosophy of Physics A Note on Reduction Argument from Coincidence A Semantic View on Reduction Avogadro Number and the Brownian Motion Barbour's Discovery of Dynamics Biographies of Michael Faraday (review essay) Bohr, Niels Boltzmann, Ludwig Boltzmann's On the Indispensability of Atomistic in the Natural Science (Japanese translation by K. Inoue and ... www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suchii/physics.index.html reviews The Mind of God (Paul Davies) - review One of the recent offerings from physics populariser Paul Davies... dannyreviews.com/h/The_Mind_of_God.html reviews Shakespeare and Thermodynamics - Dam the Second Law! What the second law of thermodynamics is all about, and how it is constantly 'dammed' or blocked by activation energy ... www.shakespeare2ndlaw.com/ reviews Salon Technology \| Is the Internet the new heaven Is the Internet the new heaven : ... www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/07/15/cyberspace/ reviews PHILOSOPHY LINKS The Net Advance of Physics: PHILOSOPHY AND FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS General + Causality + CP Violation + Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics + Spacetime Structure + Time GENERAL: THE METAPHYSICAL REVIEW, Online Journal CAUSALITY: NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS: CP Violation CP VIOLATIONS: B Decays, Flavour Mixings and CP Violation in the Standard Model, by A. Ali, 96/06 CP Violation: A Theoretical Review, ... web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/r/e/redingtn/www/netadv/founds.html reviews BUBL LINK / 5:15 Internet Resources: Quantum physics BUBL LINK / 5:15 Catalogue of Internet Resources: Quantum physics ... bubl.ac.uk/link/q/quantumphysics.htm reviews Thinking About Thought: Consciousness, Life and Meaning A book on cognitive science, artificial intelligence, neurobiology, artificial life, linguistics, neural networks, connectionism, cognitive psychology, consciousness ... www.thymos.com/tat/emergenc.html reviews Douglas R White - Thermodynamic Principles for the Social Sciences Douglas R White - Thermodynamic Principles for the Social Sciences: An Introduction to text of Thermodynamic Principles for the Social Sciences: an introduction to Self-Organization, by Doug White Carnot heat cycle in the thermodynamic engine processes of a heat engine ( java applet 1 ) java applet 2 ) java applet 3 ) Two and one dimensional Brownian motion Brownian motion drawn in one dimension ... eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~drwhite/Anthro179a/principles.html reviews