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78 Listings - DR (9/10)78 Listings - DR (9/10) Review of "The Emperor's New Mind", by Roger Penrose - http://www.friesian.com/penrose.htm
His exploration is so much more serious philosophically than almost anything that has been done since Einstein and Schrodinger
1,235 Listings - DR (8/10)1,235 Listings - DR (8/10) Philosophy and Foundations - http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/r/e/redingtn/www/netadv/founds.html
A collection of links, from Norman Redington at MIT.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram - http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/
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.
18 Listings - DR (6/10)18 Listings - DR (6/10) MathPages: Physics - http://www.mathpages.com/home/iphysics.htm
Collection of essays, not always orthodox, but always lucid, on historical and important current issues in mathematics and physics.
1,861 Listings - DR (6/10)1,861 Listings - DR (6/10) Experiment in Physics - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-experiment/
On the uses, value, and epistomelogy of experiment. By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado.
1,861 Listings - DR (6/10)1,861 Listings - DR (6/10) Space and Time: Inertial Frames - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-iframes/
On the frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle.
1,861 Listings - DR (6/10)1,861 Listings - DR (6/10) Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-idind/
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.
101 Listings - DR (6/10)101 Listings - DR (6/10) The Mind of God - http://dannyreviews.com/h/The_Mind_of_God.html
A review of Paul Davies' exposition of foundational philosophical issues.
404 Listings - DR (6/10)404 Listings - DR (6/10) Varieties of Explanatory Autonomy - http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00002823/01/Varieties_of_Explanatory_Autonomy.pdf
Transcript of a talk by Lawrence Sklar discussing areas of physics not directly explicable by fundamental dynamic principles alone. [PDF]
404 Listings - DR (6/10)404 Listings - DR (6/10) PhilSci Archive - Subject: Physics - http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/view/subjects/physics.html
Collection of papers on causality, free will etc
262 Listings - DR (6/10)262 Listings - DR (6/10) Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions - http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/kuhn.htm
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.
262 Listings - DR (6/10)262 Listings - DR (6/10) Philosophical Foundations of Physics by R. Carnap - http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/carnap.htm
Positivist view of Physics, which had influenced the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum mechanics (CI).
10 Listings - DR (5/10)10 Listings - DR (5/10) Events in History of Physics - http://history.hyperjeff.net/
Time-lines of thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and symmetry. With links to other time-lines and resources.
24 Listings - DR (4/10)24 Listings - DR (4/10) Science, Pseudoscience and Society - http://www.softpanorama.org/Skeptics/index.shtml
Papers by Feynman on paranormal 'sciences', Sokal Affair (use of pseudo-physics in social sciences), critique of Kuhn. Also a collection of links.
9 Listings - DR (4/10)9 Listings - DR (4/10) A New Kind of Science - critical review - http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0464.html?printable=1
Detailed and critical review by Ray Kurzweil of the book by Stephen Wolfram.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Shakespeare and Thermodynamics - Dam the Second Law! - http://www.shakespeare2ndlaw.com/
What the second law of thermodynamics is all about, and how it is constantly 'dammed' or blocked by activation energy
1,727 Listings - DR (3/10)1,727 Listings - DR (3/10) The Bactra Reviews - http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/
A set of book and article reviews, not limited to physics.
37 Listings - DR (2/10)37 Listings - DR (2/10) Quantum Quackery - http://www.csicop.org/si/show/quantum_quackery/
Skeptical overview of proposed links between quantum mechanics and consciousness.
18 Listings - DR (2/10)18 Listings - DR (2/10) A Simple Theory of Consciousness - http://www.scaruffi.com/science/sweden.html
Essay on evolution and consciousness by Piero Scaruffi.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) Chronon Critical Points - http://www.chronon.org
Scientific applets, articles and book critically examine claims made in popular books
7,463 Listings - DR (2/10)7,463 Listings - DR (2/10) Wikipedia - EPR Paradox - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPR_paradox
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.
On Target - DR (1/10)On Target - DR (1/10) Science and Philosophy - http://sciphilos.info
Comprises a high school course that offers source writings for study of the relationship between philosophical and scientific discoveries and personal world-views.
138 Listings - DR (0/10)138 Listings - DR (0/10) Philosophy of Physics - http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suchii/physics.index.html
A collection of articles and notes from Soshichi Uchii, at Kyoto University.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) INTER-5-CIRCLE: Interdisciplinary Discussion : Biology, QM, .. - http://www.interdisciplinary-discussion.com
Questions at the interface between physics, biology and philosophy

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