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 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

• 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:

  rrameez

  November 9, 2012

  History of Science

  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 mechanical philosophy, I have to say I am rather amazed at times by Einstein’s refusal to go along with Quantum mechanics. Perhaps, it would be instructive to draw parallels with an earlier era in the sciences…

  rrameez

  November 9, 2012

  History of Science

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