Category: Physics
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Sabine Hossenfelder – Why The Multiverse Is Religion
I did not think it possible that I would be back again so quickly with another video from Sabine Hossenfelder, but here we are! This one is perhaps in the...
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Video: Can Science Be Too Speculative?
Epicurus regularly warned against the hazards of skepticism, including viewpoints which allege that confidence in knowledge is impossible. Skepticism comes in too many different forms to list here, but ranging...
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A New BioEthics Presentation by Christos Yapijakis – Genetics and Bioethics – A Philosophical Approach
Christos Yapijakis recently presented a seminar on Genetics and Bioethics about 10 at the University of Cyprus postgraduate program in Biological Sciences. The context of the presentation was the news...
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New Handout – Applications of the Fundamentals of Nature.
Click here for handout two in a series: Applications of the Fundamental of Nature. This handout summarizes major applications of the Fundamentals of Nature. Please make suggestions for changes or corrections to...
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A Few Thoughts On Reading Lucretius
“On The Nature of Things” can seem very tedious to the modern reader in its discussion of atoms and void, and the poem can get even more confusing when the reader...
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A Recap of Principles of Epicurean Physics
There are many who lurk who don’t get a chance to do much extra reading. For their benefit let me drop back to the most fundamental observations of Epicurus about...
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Science / Physics Update
Several recent emails from a reader have reminded me that physics /science is an important part of Epicurean philosophy. Epicurus did not just presume that “living pleasurably” should be the...
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Things That Never Change, And Things That Do
We frequently encounter situations where in the past we had a high opinion of someone, but recent events cause us to lower that opinion considerably. Does this mean that we...
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Fields, Particles, and the Reality We Live In
Alex Harrington has written an excellent essay on Fields or Particles that is now posted at the Society of Epicurus. What is the relationship of that discussion to how we should...
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A Modern Argument Against the Mathematicians
Thanks to a post from a kindly friend in Poland, I have just learned about a youtube presentation entitled “What is Physics?” presented at a recent conference in Salzburg, Austria....