Category: philosophy
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Prigogine: The new alliance
Quotes about beginning of scientific revolution.
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Lectures by Maarten Hoenen
Short infromation. Ancient and medieval philosophy. Radical Proof for the Existence of Free Will. Descartes’s Philosophy: Made in Bavaria. Christianity Doctrine and Modern Research Program.
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Investigations into the Applicability of Geometry
Quotes from Marshall – Investigations into the Applicability of Geometry. Abstract. Challenging the Applicability of Geometry. Aristotle. Galileo. Leibniz. Geometry and Nature.
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DNA to represent proteins
Using van Fraassen’s approach to representation to analyze a paper – Barbieri, Is the cell a semiotic system?
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Bas C van Fraassen: Scientific Representation
Quotes from Scientific Representation and from The Empirical Stance. Rainbow as Public Hallucinations. Self-ascription and Perfect Model Model. Does the World exist? God is Dead.
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Aping Mankind
Citations from Tallis – Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity. Aristotle: Brain to Cool the Blood. Religion and Biologism. Surroundedness of an Organism.
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Geoffrey Gorham: Philosophy of Science
Comments on the book. Quotes from Feyerabend. Einstein on Time. Quotes from Jim Holt, Time bandits. Astrology as Science: Mars Effect.
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Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead
My thoughts after reading The Grand Design by Hawking and Mlodinow.