Tag: Intelligibility

• Newton’s ‘Quantum Revolution’ and the Death Knell of Materialism

  In an earlier post on Einstein, I discussed Newton’s demolition of the mechanical philosophy. Since the topic of materialism is so widely misunderstood, I think the significance of what Newton did should be discussed at length. Unfortunately, the revolutionary import of what Newton did has still not been absorbed by many people, even after the…

  rrameez

  February 2, 2013

  History of Science, Modeling, Philosophy of Science

  Einstein, Intelligibility, Materialism, Mechanical Philosophy, Newton, Physics, Quantum Mechanics