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Translations from Russian

• Erwin Schrödinger and Negative Entropy. doi:10.20944/preprints202509.1729.v1
  • A critique of the metaphor of negative entropy. Entropy as disorder in the 19th century. Schrödinger: Order, disorder and entropy. Discussion: Order and disorder. Understanding chemical reactions.
• The Problem of Coordination: Temperature as a Physical Quantity. doi:10.20944/preprints202509.2341.v1
  • Mathematics, Physics, and Measurement. Modern Temperature Measurement. Episodes from the History of Thermometry. Helmholtz, Mach and Duhem on Measurement in Physics.
• Reversible Processes in Classical Thermodynamics. doi:10.20944/preprints202510.1821.v1
  • Critique of Norton’s paper ‘The Impossible Process: Thermodynamic Reversibility‘. The formalism of thermodynamics and the conceptual model. An example of a reversible heat exchange between two bars with different temperatures.
• Clausius Inequality in Philosophy and History of Physics. doi:10.20944/preprints202510.0920.v1
  • Critique of Uffink’s paper ‘Bluff your way in the second law of thermodynamics‘. Temperature and temperature field in 19th century physics. Continuum mechanics and Clausius Inequality. Physics and mathematics in thermodynamics.
• The Problem of Coordination: Entropy as a Physical Quantity in Classical Thermodynamics. doi:10.20944/preprints202511.0386.v1
  • Internal energy and entropy as physical properties. Calorimetry. Caloric equation of state. Enthalpy and heat capacity at constant pressure. Thermodynamic properties of pure substances. What is entropy?
• Entropy in Statistical Mechanics: Back to Boltzmann. doi:10.20944/preprints202602.0005.v1
  • Boltzmann Statistical Entropy. Gibbs Statistical Entropy. Phase Space Mixing. From Gibbs Entropy to Subjective Entropy. Carnap for Objective Entropy. Back to Boltzmann. Macrostate Entropy. Non-Equilibrium Macrostates and Microstates. Kinetics.
• Burning Candle and Levels of Organization. doi:10.20944/preprints202603.0037.v1
  • Physics, Mathematics and World. Theory and Experiment in Physics. Research Program as Extrapolationism. Arrows of Explanation. Properties of a Substance from Molecular Constants. Equations of Continuum Mechanics from Statistical Mechanics. Emergence.
• Szilard’s Demon: Information as a Physical Quantity? doi:10.20944/preprints202512.1224.v1
  • History of thermodynamics of information. Maxwell’s demon. Smoluchowski. Szilard. Brillouin, Bennett (Landauer’s principle) and Zurek. Critique of thermodynamics of information. Problem of coordination.

Philosophy

• Two Mathematicians in a Bunker and Pi: A thought experiment to discuss whether Pi exists. Physicalism vs. Platonism.
• Philosophy: Miscellaneous: Mathematicians are machines. Self-explaining Game of Life? Love for the Truth. Making Mind Matter More. Understanding Understanding. Laws of Physics and Theology. Selves: Revisionary Metaphysics.
• Collingwood on Monotheism and Science: Quotes from Robin George Collingwood, ‘An Essay on Metaphysics‘. God Exists as Metaphysical Proposition.
• Free Will and Mathematics: Abstract of the book ‘Free Will and Mathematics‘. Two quotes from Collingwood ‘An Essay on Metaphysics‘, related to this theme.
• Neuroscience as Science of Thought? Discussion on whether neuroscience could explain thinking. It is based on quotes from Collingwood ‘An Essay on Metaphysics‘. Also I discuss neuroscience and consciousness.
• Every Event has a Cause as Metaphysics: Quotes from Collingwood ‘An Essay on Metaphysics‘. Newton on Causation. Causation in History. Causation in Practical Natural Science.
• Infromation about Charles Sanders Peirce: Peirce on existence and reality. Peirce and Scotus. Signs, Perception and Consciousness. Peirce on Mind and Matter. Soren Brier: Science and Religion by Peirce. Peirce on Heat Death.
• 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.
• Feyerabend’s quotes: Feyerabend on Free Will and Belief. Scientific Laws as a Myth. Philosophy Changes Practice. John Stuart Mill on Pluralism. Feyerabend on Popper.
• 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.
• John Deely: Four Ages of Understanding: Quotes. How Descartes died. Aquinas and Evolution. Aquinas and modern theology. Logic and Liberal Arts. Secular Counterpart of Religious Intolerance. Scotus Erigena: Martyr to philosophy.
• 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.
• Hans Sluga: Wittgenstein: Quotes. Wittgenstein on Science and Philosophy.
• Evald Ilyenkov: A Cosmology of the Spirit: Abstract that I have found on Marxism-Thaxis list. See also in German about the author: Ewald Wassiljewitsch Iljenkow
• Tim Maudlin: The Metaphysics Within Physics: Quotes. Metaphysics and physics. Physical Laws. Mind-Body Problem.
• Karin Knorr-Cetina: Epistemic Cultures: Quotes from ‘Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge‘. How to Kill a Laboratory Mouse Humanely. Blind Variation in Molecular Biology. The Black-Boxed Body of the Scientist.
• The Arithmetical Paradox: The Oneness of Mind: Quotes from Erwin Schrödinger ‘Mind and Matter‘.
• David Bohm: Thought as a System: Quotes. David Bohm on Free Will. David Bohm on Thought, Perception and Matter.
• Rock and Information: Quotes from Jim Holt ‘Mind of a Rock‘; David Chalmers ‘Does a Rock Implement Every Finite-State Automaton?‘ Second part: About Panpsychism.

Biology

• Hinshelwood, bacteria and biologists: Why biologists have ignored experiments of Hinshelwood? My thoughts and a list of papers that I have collected in search for an answer.
• DNA to represent proteins: Using van Fraassen’s approach to representation to analyze a paper – Barbieri, Is the cell a semiotic system?
• Quantum Microbiology: My thoughts and doubts about paper by J. T. Trevors and L. Masson.
• Perception, Feedback, and Qualia: Could bacteria perceive? Comparison with a system with feedback and a robot. Does a bacterium already has qualia?
• Raymond Tallis, Aping Mankind: Citations from ‘Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity‘. Aristotle: Brain to Cool the Blood. Religion and Biologism. Surroundedness of an Organism.
• Biology: Miscellaneous: On the difference between man and all other animals. Biologists about entropy. Addiction: Rat Park. The Uses of a Screwdriver Cannot be Listed Algorithmically. Biologism and Christianity.
• Depressive views of Jacques Monod: Quotes. Prigogine and Stengers, The new alliance. Christian de Duve, Vital Dust. Rupert Sheldrake, The Science Delusion.
• Christian De Duve: Vital Dust: Quotes. The Universality of Life. The Future of Life. Brain. Gaia.
• Resuscitation of Hamsters after Supercooling: Quotes from Lovelock ‘Homage to Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist‘.
• Castration Anxiety and Penis Envy: Quotes from George Boeree, Sigmund Freud, 1856 – 1939.
• Jeffrey Gray, Consciousness: Creeping up on the Hard Problem: Quotes. The World is Inside the Head. Perception, Qualia and Hard Problem. Illusions of the Will.
• Karl Pribram: The Form Within: Quotes. Quantum Leap from Physics to Psychology. This is no way to do science. Neuroscience Reverses Copernican Revolution.
• Is the brain in the world or the world in the brain? Quotes from Max Velmans ‘Understanding Consciousness‘. Quantum Dualist Interactionism. On Popper Objective Knowledge. Mental and Physical. On Kant. Enactive theories of perception. Reflexive Monism.

History

• Douglas Bertrand Marshall, Investigations into the Applicability of Geometry: Quotes. Abstract. Challenging the Applicability of Geometry. Aristotle. Galileo. Leibniz. Geometry and Nature.
• On Newton’s World View: Quotes from Newton manuscripts according to David Castillejo. Alchemy. The Prophecies in Daniel and the Apocalypse. A History of the Church. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended.
• God as a Cosmic Operator: Quotes from Paul Feyerabend ‘The Tyranny of Science‘. History of discussions on stability of the the solar system. Newton believed that God must make corrections to keep stability.
• Prigogine: The new alliance: Quotes about beginning of scientific revolution.
• Edward Dolnick: The Clockwork Universe: Quotes. Mathematics as Escape. Newton had Cracked the Code. Scientists and History. God-the-mathematician and Great Chain of Being. The Royal Society of London. Leeuwenhoek and sperm cells.
• Interesting Facts about Galileo: From Galileo by Heilbron. About Inferno. Against clothes. Military Compass as Calculator. Inquisition: Venice Episode. Body cannot leave the rotating Earth. Comet is not a Planetary-Like Body.
• Quantum mechanics and Archimedes: A couple of citations from Lucio Russo ‘The Forgotten Revolution, How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why it Had to Be Reborn‘. See also in German about the book: Die Vergessene Revolution.
• History: Miscellaneous: Martin Luther on sex and women. On Feminism. Three feet on the floor. Galen: Woman is a Mutilated Male. North, South, and Slavs. Inventing the Flat Earth. Parapsychology in the Cold War.

Physics

• Simulation Hypothesis and Simulation Technology: Discussing simulation hypothesis from the viewpoint of the current simulation technology. Technology falls short of needs in Matrix.
• Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead: My thoughts after reading ‘The Grand Design‘ by Hawking and Mlodinow
• Peter Byrne: The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III: Quotes. Von Neumann as a Hawk. Ground Observer Corps. Logic of the Cold War. Everett and Einstein. Liz Everett in Many Worlds. Church against Everett.
• Robert B. Laughlin: A Different Universe: Citations ‘A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Up‘.
• David Lindley: The End of Physics: Quotes from ‘The End of Physics. The Myth of a Unified Theory‘.
• Peter Woit: Not Even Wrong: Quotes from ‘Not Even Wrong, The failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law‘. Quantum Mechanics. On Beauty and Difficulty.

Misc

Artificial Intelligence and Religion: Quotes from Delio, Artificial Intelligence and Christian Salvation. Also from Robert Geraci, Apocalyptic AI – Religious Robots.