Философия физики с Родины —or, Philosophy of Physics from the Motherland

August 9, 2018

A current project of mine, related to the general endeavor of contemplating the philosophical foundations of modern cosmology, concerns the principle of least action. Among various articles and sources I have been studying for this sub-project include an article titled “Metaphysics of the Principle of Least Action” by Vladislav Terekhovich. I recently discovered another article of … More Философия физики с Родины —or, Philosophy of Physics from the Motherland

Thralldom of the Senses in the Mesoscopic Phenomenology of Aristotelian Chymistry

August 5, 2018

In a contemporary introductory chemistry lecture, one can easily imagine—or watch—the professor praising the heroic Democritean insights into void and being—where being consists of the the in-divisible, a-tomic—and lambasting the Aristotelian theory of the four elements (earth, air, fire, and water), which fundamental essences lead to the “compounds” insofar as proximate pairs can be combined … More Thralldom of the Senses in the Mesoscopic Phenomenology of Aristotelian Chymistry

The Impossible Prudence of the Robotic Doctor

July 22, 2018

Michel Accad, physician and author of the blog Alert & Oriented—as well as various academic works, including an article on my reading list about hylomorphism and cell theory—writes in a quæstione disputatae with Darrel Francis in The BMJ against the reign of “evidence based medicine.” What is EBM, why does Accad argue against it, and what light might a classically inspired philosophy … More The Impossible Prudence of the Robotic Doctor

‘Operari sequitur esse’ y la cosmología contemporánea

July 18, 2018

Aquí esta la versión final de mi ponencia, dado en el IV Congreso Internacional de Filosofía Tomista en Santiago, Chile, hoy día 17 julio 2018. * * * Operari sequitur esse y el principio de acción mínima en la física y cosmología contemporánea por John G. Brungardt FONDECYT Postdoctorado Proy. Nº 3170446 1. Introducción Esta presentación … More ‘Operari sequitur esse’ y la cosmología contemporánea