The Purview of Quantum Physics | Prof. Raphael De Paola (Part 3)
In the concluding segment of Ep. 2 (Part 3 of 3), co-hosts Brian Murphy and John Trevor Berger continue their discussion with Prof. Raphael De Paola (Dept. of P...
Quantum Theory
The Philos-Sophia Vlog | Dead End Particle Physics
In the penultimate episode of our series of interview segments featuring Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith, Wolfgang explains—following upon the key on...
Subcorporeal Physics and Vertical Causation
Wolfgang Smith and John Taylor With the discovery of quantum mechanics in the early decades of the twentieth century, it seemed that physics had at last discove...
Pondering the Brave New Particle Physics
Wolfgang Smith Following the epochal discovery of quantum mechanics,1 foundational physics has gradually morphed into the forbidding discipline of “particle...
The Philos-Sophia Vlog | Theory and Reality
The fourth in a series of interview segments featuring Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith, this remarkable interview ranges over a broad array of subjects...
The Philos-Sophia Vlog | The Measuring Problem
The third in a series of interview segments featuring Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith, this remarkable interview ranges over a broad array of subjects,...
The Philos-Sophia Vlog | What is the Quantum Enigma?
The second in a series of interview segments featuring Dr. Wolfgang Smith and Dr. Richard Smith, this remarkable interview ranges over a broad array of subjects...
Reflections on Top-Down Causation
John Taylor Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of the article—which includes footnote #26—republished 8 March 2021. Recently I penned an article...
The Wisdom of Wolfgang Smith | The Famous “Measuring Problem”
We do perceive the external world—the grass is green, roses are red, mountains have a beautiful view which you can hardly describe. This is not just in...
To Be or Not To Be an Apple
Wolfgang Smith A Brief Response to Dr. Alec MacAndrew The title already of Dr. MacAndrew’s article—“When is an Apple Not an Apple?”—alludes to the...
Pondering Bohmian Mechanics
Wolfgang Smith As if the bewilderment over quantum theory were not formidable enough in itself, the Bohmian Ansatz—which purportedly returns us almost to clas...
Lost in Math: The Particle Physics Quandary
Wolfgang Smith A golden age of physics, one can see in retrospect, commenced around the year 1900: the dazzling era of quantum mechanics had begun. That golden ...
Do We Know the Electron?
Wolfgang Smith In August of last year, Eahab Ibrahim—a friend of the Initiative—posted a fascinating question, to which I would like to respond. It asks wha...
The Distinction and the Priority of Philosophy
John Trevor Berger A key element of Wolfgang Smith’s thought—failure of which to grasp will forever inhibit one from understanding what makes his work so gr...
From Schrödinger’s Cat to Thomistic Ontology
Wolfgang Smith Editor’s Note: Originally presented as the Templeton Lecture on Christianity and the Natural Sciences at Gonzaga University in 1998, and ...