Alexander Pruss's Blog

Suppose I want to figure out a good approximation to the eigenvalues of a certain Hamiltonian involving a moderately large number of Coulomb...

According to Aristotle, Thales held that the whole physical world is made out of water.  I don't know if Aristotle was an accurate inter...

One of the puzzles in the scientific explanation literature is how it is that one can genuinely have explanation in the special sciences—che...