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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli, 2016

https://friesian.com/rovelli.htm

are obviously a mathematical technique whose physical meaning is unclear, while Schrödinger's equation, , was for something he believed to be a physical reality. Rovelli igno

When a Fallacy is Not a Fallacy

https://arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/fallacy.htm

terms, as a basis for mathematical and physical science, symbolic logic is incomplete, as, for any set of axioms, there will always be true statements that cannot be deduced in a

The Spiritual World | Pilledtexts.com

https://pilledtexts.com/the-spiritual-world/

theorists add layers of mathematical machinery (string‐theoretic dimensions, loop-quantum lattices, etc.) rather than declare the prevailing paradigms inadequate. In the language
Modern science appears to have given us an incredibly detailed map of the world, but closer inspection reveals surprising blind spots and gaps. Questions like why subjective consci

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Auguste Comte And Positivism, by John Stuart Mill.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/16833/pg16833-images.html

presupposes the three mathematical sciences, and also astronomy; since all terrestrial phaenomena are affected by influences derived from the motions of the earth and of the heave

Criticism of Karl Popper in Martin Gardner

https://friesian.com/gardner.htm

of induction, but of mathematical imagination, to be confirmed (probabilistically) or falsified (deductively) like any other theory. It will be neither produced nor justified by i

Rafe Champion's critical commentary on Stove's Anything Goes: Origins of the Cult of Scientific Irrationalism.

http://www.the-rathouse.com/AnythingGoes.html

exercises in technique (mathematical probability theory) and the explication of the paradoxes that emerged from confirmation theory (like Goodman's grue emeralds and Hempel's rave
Rafe Champion's critical commentary on Stove's Anything Goes: Origins of the Cult of Scientific Irrationalism.

Thermodynamics of Living Systems

https://www.ldolphin.org/mystery/chapt7.html

its barrel is bored. In mathematical terms (where the terms are as previously defined): E = Q + W (7-1) The Second Law of Thermodynamics The second law of thermodynamics describes

The Hedonistic Imperative : Objections (Chapter 4)

https://www.hedweb.com/hedethic/hedon4.htm

grasp of the formal mathematical tools needed for a description of quantum-mechanical events, that has enabled us increasingly to control and manipulate the basic stuff of the wor
Objections to the abolitionist project

How to destroy the Earth @ Things Of Interest

https://qntm.org/destroy

do not reflect actual mathematical probabilities in any way. Several methods involve moving the Earth a considerable distance off its usual orbital track. This is an essay in itse
PreambleDestroying the Earth is harder than you may have been led to believe.You've seen the action movies where the bad guy threatens to destroy the Earth. You've heard people o

Readings from THE AMERICAN ALMANAC

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of the World in Mathematical Treatment", Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy , Third Edition, 1726. "Natural religion itself, seems to decay (in England) very

Pluralism in the Western Thought

http://www.ghandchi.com/301-PluralismEng.htm

was also the founder of mathematical logic).   In contrast to conservation of matter, this new law, provided explanation for interaction of mind and body.   Matter was denied and
Pluralism historically has been associated with democratic thinking

AI is a Nothingburger. You're wrong.

https://lukesmith.neocities.org/vids/nothingburger

something weird in your mathematical equations, you almost want to believe that instead of what you see with your own eyes. The use of statistics can be pernicious because most pe


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