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  • 25 pages found in Physics:

    The Bactra Reviews
    A set of book and article reviews, not limited to physics.
    http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/

    Chronon Critical Points
    Scientific applets, articles and book critically examine claims made in popular books
    http://www.chronon.org

    Consciousness, Life and Meaning
    Essay on evolution and consciousness by Piero Scaruffi.
    http://www.thymos.com/tat/emergenc.html

    Events in History of Physics
    Time-lines of thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and symmetry. With links to other time-lines and resources.
    http://history.hyperjeff.net/

    Experiment in Physics
    On the uses, value, and epistomelogy of experiment. By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado.
    http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-experiment/

    Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory
    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.
    http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-idind/

    INTER-5-CIRCLE: Interdisciplinary Discussion : Biology, QM, ..
    Questions at the interface between physics, biology and philosophy
    http://www.interdisciplinary-discussion.com

    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.
    http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/kuhn.htm

    Life and Physics
    Biological systems demonstrate complexities beyond the strictures of Newtonian mechanics. (Robert Rosen)
    http://www.panmere.com/rosen/

    MathPages: Physics
    Collection of essays, not always orthodox, but always lucid, on historical and important current issues in mathematics and physics.
    http://www.mathpages.com/home/iphysics.htm

    A New Kind of Science - critical review
    Detailed and critical review by Ray Kurzweil of the book by Stephen Wolfram.
    http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0464.html?printable=1

    A New Kind of Science 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.
    http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/

    Philosophical Foundations of Physics by R. Carnap
    Positivist view of Physics, which had influenced the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum mechanics (CI).
    http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/carnap.htm

    Philosophy and Foundations
    A collection of links, from Norman Redington at MIT.
    http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/r/e/redingtn/www/netadv/founds.html

    Philosophy of Physics
    A collection of articles and notes from Soshichi Uchii, at Kyoto University.
    http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suchii/physics.index.html

    PhilSci Archive - Subject: Physics
    Collection of papers on causality, free will etc
    http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/view/subjects/physics.html

    Quantum Quackery
    Skeptical overview of QM and consciousness connection.
    http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html

    Review of "The Emperor's New Mind", by Roger Penrose
    His exploration is so much more serious philosophically than almost anything that has been done since Einstein and Schrodinger
    http://www.friesian.com/penrose.htm

    Science and Philosophy
    Comprises a high school course that offers source writings for study of the relationship between philosophical and scientific discoveries and personal world-views.
    http://sciphilos.info

    Science, Pseudoscience and Society
    Papers by Feynman on paranormal 'sciences', Sokal Affair (use of pseudo-physics in social sciences), critique of Kuhn. Also a collection of links.
    http://www.softpanorama.org/Skeptics/index.shtml

    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
    http://www.shakespeare2ndlaw.com/

    Space and Time: Inertial Frames
    On the frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle.
    http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-iframes/

    Varieties of Explanatory Autonomy
    Transcript of a talk by Lawrence Sklar discussing areas of physics not directly explicable by fundamental dynamic principles alone. [PDF] [PDF]
    http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00002823/01/Varieties_of_Explanatory_Autonomy.pdf

    Wikipedia - 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.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPR_paradox

    The Mind of God
    A review of Paul Davies' exposition of foundational philosophical issues. <small>(December 10, 2001)</small>
    http://dannyreviews.com/h/The_Mind_of_God.html


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