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The Mind of God
A review of Paul Davies' exposition of foundational philosophical issues.
http://dannyreviews.com/h/The_Mind_of_God....
Consciousness, Life and Meaning
Essay on evolution and consciousness by Piero Scaruffi.
http://www.thymos.com/tat/emergenc.html
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/
GIACS
Portal devoted to General Integration of the Applications of Complexity in Science.
http://www.giacs.org/
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/...
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
Quantum Quackery
Skeptical overview of QM and consciousness connection.
http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quac...
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...
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...
Events in Physics
Historical timelines in mathematics, physics, and politics.
http://history.hyperjeff.net/
Digital Philosophy -- Discrete Physics
Assuming that all quantities, including space and time, are finite and discrete.
http://www.digitalphilosophy.org/
Philosophy and Foundations
A collection of links, from Norman Redington at MIT.
http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user...
Chronon Critical Points
Scientific applets, articles and book critically examine claims made in popular books
http://www.chronon.org
The Bactra Reviews
A set of book and article reviews, not limited to physics.
http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/
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...
Philosophy of Physics
A collection of articles and notes from Soshichi Uchii, at Kyoto University.
http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suchii/physi...
PhilSci Archive - Subject: Physics
Collection of papers on causality, free will etc
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/view/subje...
Experiment in Physics
On the uses, value, and epistomelogy of experiment. By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-...
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/...
INTER-5-CIRCLE: Interdisciplinary Discussion : Biology, QM, ..
Questions at the interface between physics, biology and philosophy
http://www.interdisciplinary-discussion.co...
Life and Physics
Biological systems demonstrate complexities beyond the strictures of Newtonian mechanics. (Robert Rosen)
http://www.panmere.com/rosen/
Wikipedia - EPR Paradox
On the experiment to show that a measurement performed on one part of a quantum system can have an instantaneous effect on the result of a measurement performed on another part.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPR_paradox
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
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
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/spacetim...
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/
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2006