A Brief History and Philosophy of Physics
By Alan J. Slavin. Summary written to give physics students an appreciation of the background of their discipline and that philosophical principles underpinning it. |
Compilation of on Articles Ether (Aether)
Unfinished story of Ether (and other pages on the site, some dealing with philosophy, mysticism, history of science and some with open questions in physics) |
Consciousness, Life and Meaning
Essay on evolution, consciousness |
Cosmology: Methodological Debates 1932-48
Discusses philosophical views about cosmology in the 1930s and 1940s; from the Stanford Encyclopedia, by George Gale. |
Digital Philosophy -- Discrete Physics
Assuming that all quantities, including space and time, are finite and discrete. |
Epistemology and Modern Physics
Essay on the Epistemological foundations of modern physics by Moritz Schlick, founder of the Vienna Circle. |
Events in History of physics
Time-lines of thermodynamics, emg, symmetry .. With links to other time-lines and resources. |
Experiments in Physics
Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia. |
Holism and Nonseparability in Physics
Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia. |
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. |
Philosophical Foundations of Physics by R. Carnap
Positivist view of Physics, which had influenced the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum mechanics (CI). |
Philosophy and Foundations links from MIT
General + Causality + CP Violation + Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics + Spacetime Structure + Time |
Philosophy of Physics
great collection of link from Kyoto University: philosophers-physicists. |
Physics Time-Line
From the Copernican Revolution to superstrings, a chronology of more than 500 of the greatest discoveries in natural philosophy. |
PhysicsWeb - This is Your Philosophy
Are physicists realists? - results of a poll. |
Quantum Physics Links
Heterogeneous collection of QM links assembled by UK academic service BUBL |
Quantum Quackery
Skeptical overview of QM and consciousness connection. |
Space and Time: Inertial Frames
Frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle. |
Symmetry in Physics
Group of motions determines the conservation laws - the fundamental principles of physics. |
Thermodynamic Principles for the Social Sciences
Concept of Entropy, in physics, and may be beyond. |
