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A guide to the philosophy of physics
Philosophy of quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm/
Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/
Bohr's philosophy and the complementarity principle
https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/bohr/
Many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/
The uncertainty principle
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-uncertainty/
The quantum measurement problem
https://b-ok.africa/book/1299172/d308dd
Bohr's correspondence principle
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bohr-correspondence/
Philosophical issues in quantum theory
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-issues/
Collapse theories
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/
Everett's relative-state formulation of quantum mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/
The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument in quantum theory
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr/
Bell's theorem
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bell-theorem/
CHSH inequality, Bell's states and quantum games
http://www.sophphx.caltech.edu/Adv_Lab/References/CHCSPhysRevLett.23.880.pdf
The Kochen-Specker theorem
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kochen-specker/
Action at a distance in quantum mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-action-distance/
Quantum entanglement and information
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-entangle/
The role of decoherence in quantum mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-decoherence/
Bohmian mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-bohm/
Retrocausality in quantum mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-retrocausality/
The consistent histories approach to quantum mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-consistent-histories/
Quantum approaches to consciousness
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-consciousness/
von Neumann-Wigner interpretation
https://philarchive.org/archive/YDRBTA
Quantum logic and probability theory
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-quantlog/
Quantum nonlocality and quantum contextuality
https://b-ok.africa/book/437945/c5ecda
Quantum perspectivism
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00413704
Quantum theory and mathematical rigor
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-nvd/
Quantum computing
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-quantcomp/
Quantum field theory
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quantum-field-theory/
Philosophy of spacetime and relativity
Newton's views on space, time and motion
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-stm/
Leibniz's philosophy of physics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-physics/
Kant's views on space and time
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-spacetime/
Being and becoming in modern physics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-bebecome/
Absolute and relational space and motion: classical theories
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-theories-classical/
Space and time: inertial frames
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-iframes/
Conventionality of simultaneity
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-convensimul/
Philosophy of the theory of special relativity
https://b-ok.africa/book/3344963/0b20cd
The equivalence of mass and energy
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/equivME/
The hole argument
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-holearg/
Ernst Mach
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ernst-mach/
Early philosophical interpretations of general relativity
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/genrel-early/
Einstein's philosophy of science
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/einstein-philscience/
Hermann Weyl
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weyl/
Philosophy of cosmology
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmology/
The universes of Tegmark: The universe, the inflationary multiverse, the quantum multiverse, and the mathematical multiverse
https://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/crazy.html
Singularities and black holes
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-singularities/
Quantum black holes: Hawking radiation and information loss problem
https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.00748
Quantum gravity
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quantum-gravity/
Philosophy of classical mechanics and symmetry
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/symmetry-breaking/
The representation of time and change in mechanics
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/2549/1/representation2.pdf
Symmetry and invariances in classical physics
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.516.4606&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Aspects of determinism in modern physics
https://sites.pitt.edu/~jearman/Earman2007a.pdf
The tyranny of scales
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/8678/
Fine tuning
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fine-tuning/https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-quantcomp/
Unification in physics
https://b-ok.africa/book/2341578/3a8cfa
lndistinguishability
https://b-ok.africa/book/2341578/3a8cfa
Identity and individuality in quantum theory
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-idind/
Holism and non-separability in physics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-holism/
Philosophy of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Boltzmann's work in statistical physics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/statphys-Boltzmann/
Boltzmann's philosophy and the second law of thermodynamics
https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/boltzmann/
Heat and chance
https://b-ok.africa/book/3344963/0b20cd
Philosophy of statistical mechanics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/statphys-statmech/
Interpretation of probability
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/probability-interpret/
Thermodynamics asymmetry in time
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time-thermo/
Time's arrow and Eddington's challenge
http://www.bourbaphy.fr/price.pdf
The thermodynamical arrow of time: Reinterpreting the Boltzmann-Schuetz argument
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0212511
Time's arrow and Archimedes's point
https://b-ok.africa/book/941806/28bc17
Philosophical question raised by phase transitions
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/8757/
Theories of matters: infinities and renormalization
https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2985
Information processing and thermodynamics entropy
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/information-entropy/
Computation in physical system
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computation-physicalsystems/
Philosophy of time
Time
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time/
The experience and perception of time
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time-experience/
Causal determinism
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/
Reichenbach's common cause principle
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-Rpcc/
Backward causation
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-backwards/
Time travel
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time-travel/
Time travel and modern physics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time-travel-phys/
Time machines
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time-machine/
Philosophy of consciousness
Consciousness
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness/
Temporal consciousness
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-temporal/
Dualism
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/
Philosophy of science and mathematics
Scientific method
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-method/
Thought experiments
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thought-experiment/
Philosophy of mathematics
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-mathematics/
Hilbert's program
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hilbert-program/
Kurt Godel
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel/
The anthropic principle
https://anthropic-principle.com/book/anthropicbias.pdf
Simulation hypothesis
https://www.simulation-argument.com/matrix
The Matrix as metaphysics
https://consc.net/papers/matrix.html
The philosophy of computer science
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computer-science/
The philosophy of neuroscience
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neuroscience/
Existentialism and metaphysics
Friedrich Nietzsche
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/
Neutral monism
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neutral-monism/
Perspectivism
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=philosophy_theses
Perspectivism in science
Perspectival objectivity
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/16616/1/Perspectival%20Objectivity%20%5Bdraft%5D.pdf
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