The Physics Nobel Prize winner at Princeton died a few days ago (Obituary at Scientific American), and he was a scientist of great interest to philosophers (like me). He was an antireductionist and was for complexity. He saw that reality, and any area within it, was far too complex and nuanced to be reduced to … Continue reading Antireductionism and the Death of Physics Nobel Prize Winner Philip Anderson
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Quantum Mechanics in Under 300 Words
Quantum mechanics is mathematical models used to describe and predict things at the atomic and subatomic level-- protons, electrons, states, orbitals, etc. As with all models, if is not an exact representation of the the area and, in fact, explicitly deals in probability. However it has proven good at predicting things at the subatomic level. … Continue reading Quantum Mechanics in Under 300 Words