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Physics, Determinism, and the Brain
George F R Ellis
This paper responds to claims that causal closure of the underlying microphysics determines brain outcomes as a matter of principle, even if we cannot hope to ever carry out the ne…
The Causal Closure of Physics in Real World Contexts
George F R Ellis
The causal closure of physics is usually discussed in a context free way. Here I discuss it in the context of engineering systems and biology, where strong emergence takes place du…
Emergence in Solid State Physics and Biology
George F R Ellis
There has been much controversy over weak and strong emergence in physics and biology. As pointed out by Phil Anderson in many papers, the existence of broken symmetries is the key…
Stephen William Hawking: A Biographical Memoir
Bernard J. Carr, George F. R. Ellis, Gary W. Gibbons +5
Stephen Hawking's contributions to the understanding of gravity, black holes and cosmology were truly immense. They began with the singularity theorems in the 1960s followed by his…