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Determinism as True, Compatibilism and Incompatibilism as Both False, and the Real Problem - A critique of the view that quantum theory disproves determinism, and an argument that freedom is simultaneously compatible and incompatible with determinism. By Prof. Ted Honderich.
Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility - The Whole Thing in Brief - Ted Honderich's (still quite long) summary of a deterministic philosophy of mind, and its consequences for our fundamental attitudes.
Lecture Notes on Free Will and Determinism - Prof. Norman Swartz - Discusses the various problems raised by different concepts of determinism, and presents an argument that physical determinism is compatible with free will.
Naturalism.Org - Free Will - A series of essays offering a naturalistic critique of libertarian free will, arguing that such freedom is illusory, and also unnecessary to ground our moral practices.
Online Papers on Consciousness: Free Will - Section on free will from David Chalmers' site.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Free Will - An overview of theories of free will and the problems that they raise. By Timothy O'Connor.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Incompatibilist (Nondeterministic) Theories of Free Will - Randolph Clarke's survey of theories of freedom according to which it is inconsistent with causal determinism.
The Determinism and Freedom Philosophy Website - A comprehensive collection of important papers on the philosophy of free will, freedom and determinism. By Prof. Ted Honderich.
Who's Afraid of Determinism? Rethinking Causes and Possibilities - A chapter from the 'The Free Will Handbook' (edited by Robert Kane, 2002) by Christopher Taylor and Daniel Dennett.

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Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics@ (24)
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A New Kind of Science - critical review - Detailed and critical review by Ray Kurzweil of the book by Stephen Wolfram.
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.
A Simple Theory of Consciousness - Essay on evolution and consciousness by Piero Scaruffi.
Chronon Critical Points - Scientific applets, articles and book critically examine claims made in popular books
Events in History of Physics - Time-lines of thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and symmetry. With links to other time-lines and resources.
Experiment in Physics - On the uses, value, and epistomelogy of experiment. By Allan Franklin, University of Colorado.
INTER-5-CIRCLE: Interdisciplinary Discussion : Biology, QM, .. - Questions at the interface between physics, biology and philosophy
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.
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.
MathPages: Physics - Collection of essays, not always orthodox, but always lucid, on historical and important current issues in mathematics and physics.
PhilSci Archive - Subject: Physics - Collection of papers on causality, free will etc
Philosophical Foundations of Physics by R. Carnap - Positivist view of Physics, which had influenced the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum mechanics (CI).
Philosophy and Foundations - A collection of links, from Norman Redington at MIT.
Philosophy of Physics - A collection of articles and notes from Soshichi Uchii, at Kyoto University.
Quantum Quackery - Skeptical overview of proposed links between quantum mechanics and consciousness.
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
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.
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.
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
Space and Time: Inertial Frames - On the frames of reference relative to which motion and rest are measured; by Robert DiSalle.
The Bactra Reviews - A set of book and article reviews, not limited to physics.
Varieties of Explanatory Autonomy - Transcript of a talk by Lawrence Sklar discussing areas of physics not directly explicable by fundamental dynamic principles alone. [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.
The Mind of God - A review of Paul Davies' exposition of foundational philosophical issues. (December 10, 2001)

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