Web Directory

» 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/

» A Simple Theory of Consciousness
   Essay on evolution and consciousness by Piero Scaruffi.
   http://www.scaruffi.com/science/sweden.html

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

» 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/

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

» 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/

» 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

» 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

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

» 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

» Quantum Quackery
   Skeptical overview of proposed links between quantum mechanics and consciousness.
   http://www.csicop.org/si/show/quantum_quackery/

» 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/

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

» The Mind of God
   A review of Paul Davies' exposition of foundational philosophical issues.
   http://dannyreviews.com/h/The_Mind_of_God.html

» Varieties of Explanatory Autonomy
   Transcript of a talk by Lawrence Sklar discussing areas of physics not directly explicable by fundamental dynamic principles alone.
   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