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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. As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... SUPPORT:
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- John Norton [TOE]: • The 300-Year-Old Physics Mistake No One No...
- Neil deGrasse Tyson [TOE]: • "Philosophers Are USELESS!" Neil & Curt Cl...
- How Not to Do Philosophy of Science [article]: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/Good...
- Jacob Barandes [TOE]: • The Physicist Who Found Quantum Theory's U...
- The Hole Argument: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sp...
- General covariance and general relativity [paper]: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/pape...
- Emily Adlam Λ Jacob Barandes [TOE]: • Harvard Physicist: Why Multiple Universes ...
- Eaters of the lotus [paper]: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/pape...
- John Norton’s profile: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/jdno...
- Hempel (1988) - Oltre il positivismo logico
- Popper (1963) - Conjectures and Refutations, Ch. 3
- Deutsch (1997) - The Fabric of Reality
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