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Tag: Mechanical Philosophy

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 … More

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

Descartes mindless animals: Wrong conclusion but right science!

Cartesians had an idea about animals. They believed that animals were machines without minds. Here’s the story:

Animals, Descartes, Machines, Mechanical Philosophy, Mind Body Duality

Why Einstein was both wrong and right in being so stubborn

Einstein’s stubbornness Based on my limited study of some notable epochs in the history of science, chiefly Newton’s demolition of the … More

Einstein, Mechanical Philosophy, Models, Newton, Quantum Mechanics, Science

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