Table of Sections for Part 2

Sections for Part 2

Level 1: Table of Parts
Level 2: Table of Entries
Level 3: Table of Sections

Sections for Part 2

Entry #006: In Search of a Theory

1. Experimental introductions to experience and appearance

2. Back to the ratchet of science

3. Using science of matter as inspiration

4. From Aristotle to Newton

5. Extending validity and accuracy

6. Science in the news

7. After Newton

8. From Newton to Einstein, act 1: special relativity

9. From Newton to Einstein, act 2: general relativity

10. From Aristotle to Newton to Einstein to Einstein

11. Parallels with a science of mind

Entry #007: Unanticipated Discoveries in Science

1. The mystery of gravity

2. The mysteries of space and time

3. Gravity without gravity

4. An early surprise: universal gravity

5. A 19th century surprise: the role of atoms

6. More unpredictable surprises in the science of matter

7. Art and science: different goals, similar creativity

8. Science as a multigenerational enterprise

Entry #008: A Picture Book of Physics Theories

1. Clarifying diagrams

2. Matter, Experience, and Appearance

3. From working hypotheses and theories to experiments

4. Figuring things out

5. Adding an extra dimension

6. Extra forces: electricity and magnetism

7. Maxwell's unification: electromagnetism

8. A First hint from physics for creating a science of mind

9. A second hint

10. A third hint

11. More hints to come

Entry #009: From Maxwell to Einstein

1. The State of Physics in 1865

2. Physics in 1900: the problem of the aether

3. 1905: The aether resolved; now the problem of gravity

4. The search for an answer

5. The answer, in the way it leads us back to 1865

6. The answer, in the way it leads us back to 1700

7. A glimpse of the future, from 1925 onwards

8. From family portraits to genealogy

9. The end of physics, act 1: the world as a mechanism

10. Beyond mechanistic foundations of physics

Entry #010: The State of Physics in 1925

1. The opening of physics, act 2: a quantum world

2. A happy family and an unexpected new arrival

3. Quantum mechanics . . .

4. An unhappy family

5. Early warning signals

6. A shift towards collaborative efforts

7. What we have seen so far

8. What we might learn from physics for a science of mind

Entry #011: Quantum Field Theory

1. From properties to observables

2. Quick unification of matrix mechanics and wave mechanics

3. Slow unification of quantum mechanics and special relativity

4. New kids on the block: weak and strong interactions

5. QED: the first successful renormalization of a QFT

6. Another look at history: the genealogy of QED

7. A quick preview of the next quarter century

8. A comparison of natural science and contemplation

9. Another hint for a science of mind

Entry #012: The Standard Model of Particle Physics

1. Physics, act 3: material reality as quantum fields

2. Material reality vs. reality of space and time

3. Mining the history of physics, towards a science of mind

4. Down to details

5. Full Disclosure

6. Mapping the structure of atoms

7. Not yet mapping the structure of the cosmos

8. Anatomy of the standard model

9. Wrapping up

Entry #013: Our Journey So Far: Summary and Outlook

1. A new program

2. Leaving the mind/body question open for now

3. An open kitchen

4. Structure of Part 1

5. Structure of Part 2

6. Follow-up

7. Outlook