Curt discusses how philosophy has directly contributed to physics through Bell's theorem, decoherence theory, the hole argument, and more. Meanwhile, via John Norton, we uncover the hidden philosophical assumptions in physics that most scientists don’t even realize they’re making.
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LINKS MENTIONED:
- Curt's Substack article: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/philosophers-vs-physicists
- John Norton [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Tghl6aS5A3M
- Neil deGrasse Tyson [TOE]: https://youtu.be/ye9OkJih3-U
- How Not to Do Philosophy of Science [article]: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/Goodies/How_not/How_not.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- Jacob Barandes [TOE]: https://youtu.be/gEK4-XtMwro
- The Hole Argument: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-holearg/
- General covariance and general relativity [paper]: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/decades.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- Emily Adlam Λ Jacob Barandes [TOE]: https://youtu.be/rw1ewLJUgOg
- Eaters of the lotus [paper]: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/Eaters_final.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- John Norton’s profile: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/jdnorton.html
For further reading on these critiques of instrumentalism:
- Hempel (1988) - Oltre il positivismo logico
- Popper (1963) - Conjectures and Refutations, Ch. 3
- Deutsch (1997) - The Fabric of Reality
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