My Science & Epistemology Researches
Epistemology is the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion (source Oxford Languages).
I would define epistemology as the philosophy that supports researchers in the study of Nature.
A short essay on Time in classical science.
A personal perspective, not just an epistemological one.
It’s part of a work developed on the epistemology of time, and it’s written in italian.
Brussi 2024_Panoramica sul tempo nella scienza classica
A nice speech by Sabine Hossenfelder on the search for the meaning of a scientific theory or the universe.
She promotes her online courses too… so we get at least one answer about the point of the video 🙂
She quotes from a book of Steven Weinberg: “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.”, and in the video she speculates about what he might have meant.
“Is the universe pointless?”
A brief look at the conjecture on the unreality of time of Kurt Gödel (1906-1978).
It’s a work developed to complement another on the epistemology of time, and it’s written in italian.
Brussi 2023_Congettura di Gödel sull’irrealtà del tempo
A short essay on Epistemology of scientific research, a personal elaboration.
It’s part of a work developed on the epistemology of time, and it’s written in italian.
Brussi 2022_Epistemologia della ricerca scientifica
It’s a work developed to complement another on the epistemology of time, and it’s written in italian.
Brussi 2022_Presentismo ed eternalismo
A brief review of Thomas Kuhn’s great 1962 essay. A foundation for all subsequent epistemology.
It’s a work developed to complement another on the epistemology of time, and it’s written in italian.
Brussi 2021_La struttura delle rivoluzioni scientifiche
The full title clarifies the abstract of this excellent book by Sabine Hossenfelder: “Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray.”
As always, she highlights the enormous problems in the foundations of physics. These are caused, among other things, by aesthetic priorities in building physical models, rather than engaging with observations of Nature.
Carlo Rovelli‘s excellent book demonstrates that, “to understand ourselves, we must reflect on time, and to understand time, we must reflect on ourselves”.
In my personal view, time does not exist in Nature; rather, it is an anthropogenic construct, used to interpret the natural world and to develop our technological systems. Ultimately, it is an indispensable tool, and if, as Rovelli suggests, it helps us reflect on ourselves, then it is doubly so.
The book is very interesting and well-written. Carlo Rovelli recounts the historical importance of a thinker who dared to transcend the limits of primitive interpretations.
