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The Bactra Reviews A set of book and article reviews, not limited to physics. http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/

Chronon Critical Points Scientific applets, articles and book critically examine claims made in popular books http://www.chronon.org

Consciousness, Life and Meaning Essay on evolution and consciousness by Piero Scaruffi. http://www.thymos.com/tat/emergenc.html

Events in History of Physics Time-lines of thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and symmetry. With links to other time-lines and resources. http://history.hyperjeff.net/

Experiment in Physics On the uses, value, and epistomelogy of experiment. By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-experiment/

Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory Assesses the metaphysical implications of quantum theory by considering the impact of the theory on our understanding of objects as individuals with well defined identity conditions. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Steven French. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-idind/

INTER-5-CIRCLE: Interdisciplinary Discussion : Biology, QM, .. Questions at the interface between physics, biology and philosophy http://www.interdisciplinary-discussion.com

Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions Crucial chapter from Kuhn's famous book outlining how sciences is forced to go through a paradigm-shift, and see the world in terms of a new theory and new concepts. http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/kuhn.htm

Life and Physics Biological systems demonstrate complexities beyond the strictures of Newtonian mechanics. (Robert Rosen) http://www.panmere.com/rosen/

MathPages: Physics Collection of essays, not always orthodox, but always lucid, on historical and important current issues in mathematics and physics. http://www.mathpages.com/home/iphysics.htm

A New Kind of Science - critical review Detailed and critical review by Ray Kurzweil of the book by Stephen Wolfram. http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0464.html?printable=1

A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram Science from the point of view of complex systems: from the origins of apparent randomness in physical systems, to the development of complexity in biology. http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/

Philosophical Foundations of Physics by R. Carnap Positivist view of Physics, which had influenced the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum mechanics (CI). http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/carnap.htm

Philosophy and Foundations A collection of links, from Norman Redington at MIT. http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/r/e/redingtn/www/netadv/founds.html

Philosophy of Physics A collection of articles and notes from Soshichi Uchii, at Kyoto University. http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suchii/physics.index.html

PhilSci Archive - Subject: Physics Collection of papers on causality, free will etc http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/view/subjects/physics.html

Quantum Quackery Skeptical overview of QM and consciousness connection. http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html

Review of "The Emperor's New Mind", by Roger Penrose His exploration is so much more serious philosophically than almost anything that has been done since Einstein and Schrodinger http://www.friesian.com/penrose.htm

Science and Philosophy Comprises a high school course that offers source writings for study of the relationship between philosophical and scientific discoveries and personal world-views. http://sciphilos.info

Science, Pseudoscience and Society Papers by Feynman on paranormal 'sciences', Sokal Affair (use of pseudo-physics in social sciences), critique of Kuhn. Also a collection of links. http://www.softpanorama.org/Skeptics/index.shtml

Shakespeare and Thermodynamics - Dam the Second Law! What the second law of thermodynamics is all about, and how it is constantly 'dammed' or blocked by activation energy http://www.shakespeare2ndlaw.com/

Space and Time: Inertial Frames On the frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-iframes/

Varieties of Explanatory Autonomy Transcript of a talk by Lawrence Sklar discussing areas of physics not directly explicable by fundamental dynamic principles alone. [PDF] [PDF] http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00002823/01/Varieties_of_Explanatory_Autonomy.pdf

Wikipedia - EPR Paradox Measurement performed on one part of a quantum system can have an instantaneous effect on the result of a measurement performed on another part. Entaglment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPR_paradox

The Mind of God A review of Paul Davies' exposition of foundational philosophical issues. (December 10, 2001) http://dannyreviews.com/h/The_Mind_of_God.html