Group Structural Realism (Part 3)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4Group Structure and Theory Change. Can groups do a better job at surviving theory change than individual objects? Here’s one…
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4Wigner’s Legacy. Yuval Ne’eman and Shlomo Sternberg have recorded an old particle physicist’s adage: Ever since the fundamental paper of…
Read morePhilosophy of Physics Webcam-Debates
Sean Carroll and David Albert have had a couple of really interesting recent video-debates on BloggingHeads. If you haven’t checked this phenomenon out already, I highly recommend the following: Sean…
Read moreMap of the Cosmic Acceleration Literature
Ten years ago, the physics community came to agree that the expansion of the Universe is experiencing a positive acceleration. The experts still disagree on why. Everything but the kitchen…
Read moreGeneva Summer School in Philosophy of Physics
Read About It Here. The Geneva Summer School in Philosophy of Physics, 2008 was a 1-week intensive summer school in the middle of the Swiss alps. This year, scholars and…
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