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physics.hist-ph2018
What is "fundamental"?
Matt Visser
Our collective views regarding the question "what is fundamental?" are continually evolving. These ontological shifts in what we regard as fundamental are largely driven by theoret…
physics.hist-ph2017★ 1 cited
From mindless mathematics to thinking meat?
Matt Visser
Deconstruction of the theme of the 2017 FQXi essay contest is already an interesting exercise in its own right: Teleology is rarely useful in physics --- the only known mainstream…
physics.hist-ph2017
The utterly prosaic connection between physics and mathematics
Matt Visser
Eugene Wigner famously argued for the "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" for describing physics and other natural sciences in his 1960 essay. That essay has now led to som…