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The Impossibility of Precisely Measuring Positions of Particles in Quantum...
I am not going to go too hard on him, James S. Trefil, because he is such a fine author and I enjoy his work; but I must address an error that this physicist makes in one of his books, From Atoms to...
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Examining and Thinking Through “The Simplest Possible Universe”: Part II
This is the second in a series of blog posts about a work done by Dr. David Lee Cale, professor at West Virginia University. Cale, a polymath, is chiefly a philosopher, trained in physics, political...
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There May Be No Such Thing as Quantity in Nature, with an Example from...
Some time ago, I was discussing the qualitative-quantitative divide with a friend, a medical doctor, who happens to be very interested in the philosophy of science. The discussion became a debate,...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson and Philosophy: The Voice and Never-Was of Science...
The primary problem with putting anyone on any kind of pedestal is that the positioning in the spotlight contains quite a bit of power, power that can be misused or abused. Anyone possessing the...
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Distinguishing between Types of Science: Unmixing Metaphysics and Pragmatic...
I get questions regularly about the bizarre nature of contemporary physics. I am sure practicing physicists with PhDs get these more regularly than I, yet I occupy an interesting and rare position in...
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