According to the scientific “justificationist” method, knowledge consisted of proven sentences. Classical intellectuals (or “rationalists,” in…
Category: Philosophy
About God in Newton’s correspondence with Richard Bentley and Queries in Opticks
In Newton’s correspondence with Richard Bentley, Newton rejected the possibility of remote action, even though he…
Newton’s Principia on God-mediated action
As John Henry states, Newton simply wants to reaffirm the truth of God’s omnipresence without directly…
An Epistemic Evolution of Intelligence
The perception of intelligence as power has intensified during the Second World War, when several intelligence…
About Christmas
Christmas characters and food, Christmas-linked holidays and music, Santa Claus and traditions. Related to Annunciation, Incarnation;…
Paradoxes of causal loops in spacetime
There is, among some scientists and philosophers, the idea that any theory that would allow the…
The Ontology of General Relativity
General Relativity generated various early philosophical interpretations. His adherents have highlighted the “relativization of inertia” and…
Space, time, and time travel
Newton supported the idea of absolute time, unlike Leibniz, for which time is only a relation…
Science and pseudoscience – Falsifiability
The delimitation between science and pseudoscience is part of the more general task of determining which…
Grandfather paradox in time travel
The most well-known example of the impossibility of traveling in time is the grandfather paradox or…