On 9 July 1925, Heisenberg sent a paper titled ‘Quantum-theoretical re-interpretation of kinematic and mechanical relations’ to Max Born, whom he was assisting at that time, and Born sent the paper to ...

“It is a paradox that we encounter so much internal noise when we first try to sit in silence. It is a paradox that ...

Articles Identity in the Age of Connectivity Sara Asran explores the dynamics of identity online. Human identity is a ...

The time is around 90 CE, and Plutarch of Chaeronea in Greece is travelling when news reaches him of the death of his ...

Roman Philosophy The Educational Philosophy of Quintilian Philip Vassallo learns from a classic of Classical education. What could be more important for the future of any society ...

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Kanan Purkayastha explains how Werner Heisenberg’s 1925 paper turned the quantum theory of the early 1900s into the quantum mechanics of today. Sara Asran explores the dynamics of identity online.

Kant’s view is clearly that coercion is justifiable only when it’s necessary to prevent someone from hindering the freedom of action of others. That is the proper function of Recht, or coercively ...

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Stephen Doty says the scientist was a philosopher, whether he liked it or not. Scientists seem ever the punching bags. Copernicus, Galileo, Darwin – all were attacked. Rarely do scientists strike back ...

Grant Bartley lays down the law in favour of the ‘right’ sort of heresy. “Religions are kept alive by heresies, which are really sudden explosions of faith. Dead religions do not produce them.” Gerald ...

Philippa Foot has for decades been one of Oxford’s best-known and most original ethicists. Her groundbreaking papers won her worldwide recognition but at the dawn of the new century she has finally ...