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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli, 2016

https://friesian.com/rovelli.htm

and that subverts interpretations of Einstein that follow in the tradition of Mach and others. As it happens, thinking as Rovelli does is not ususual. At a seminar on time given b

Philosophical Foundations of Physics by Rudolf Carnap

https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/carnap.htm

modification in the interpretations of theoretical terms. There is no way of knowing whether this is an infinite process or whether it will eventually come to some sort of end. It

On Miracles

https://friesian.com/miracles.htm

is subject to various interpretations. This particularly involves the first statement, μή μου ἅπτου in Greek,

The Everett Interpretation

https://www.hedweb.com/manworld.htm

in contrast to other interpretations which are silent about the role of gravity. (See "Why quantum gravity?" ) Q15 Where are the other worlds? Non-relativistic quantum mechanics a
The Everett 'Many-Worlds' FAQ

Why I am a Platonist

https://friesian.com/ross/platonis.htm

its popular nihilistic interpretations, the moral goal of Kant's, in parallel to Hume, is also neglected. Indeed, if we follow the common impression that Kant's philosophy stands

The Last Book of Moron

https://philosophy.nekhbet.com/book.shtml

"jargon", etc. mis-interpretations of non-human mating behavior. I choose the latter, signing on with Darwin, Dobzhansky, Fisher, Mayr, etc. This man, Dobzhansky, was no piker in
the philosophy of science, the philosophy of language, evolution, Sexual Selection, Darwin, female mate preferences, male ornaments, Rob L Norton.

https://www.mathpages.com/rr/s3-09/3-09.htm

https://www.mathpages.com/rr/s3-09/3-09.htm

as just two different interpretations of a single theory (much as special relativity and Lorentz's (amended) ether theory can be seen as two different interpretations of the same

Representationalism

https://zerocontradictions.net/epistemology/representationalism

of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work–that
Truth and knowledge are representative models of reality that have predictive and explanatory power and are derived from the senses. The Platonic, Correspondence, Pragmatist, and S

Foundationalism and Hermeneutics

https://friesian.com/hermenut.htm

the effusion of interpretations of art today poisons our sensibilities. In a culture whose already classical dilemma is the hypertrophy of the intellect at the expense of energy a

Dissolving Confusion about Consciousness

https://reducing-suffering.org/dissolving-confusion-about-consciousness/

that certain strained interpretations of rock particle movements correspond to certain algorithms that, running in animal minds, constitute self-awareness of suffering, but this d

Materialism as conceived by ChatGPT

https://www.materialism.com/chatgpt/

materialistic interpretations. Still, many scientists and philosophers held on to a materialistic perspective, attempting to reconcile it with the new science. Late 20th & Early 2

Electricity and the Spirit in Nature

http://ipwebdev.com/hermit/electricityandthespiritinnature.html

reduced these four interpretations to two,   methodological and substantive uniformitarianism. [ 27 ] He dismissed the first principle,   which asserted spatial and temp


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