Thursday, June 13, 2019

Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt)


The Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt) started a year ago to mitigate anticipated software license fee increases. MAlt’s objective is to put us back in control using open software. It is now time to present more widely this project and to explain how it will shape our computing environment.
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Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt)

Guest Post: A conversation with Lee Smolin about his new book "Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution"

Smolin is a faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for
Theoretical Physics in Canada and adjunct professor at the University of
Waterloo. He is one of the founders of loop quantum gravity. In the
past decades, Smolin
’s interests have drifted to the role of time in the laws of nature and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Sunday, June 09, 2019

Bernardo Kastrup's defence of second PH.D.



This is the complete record of Bernardo's defense of his second Ph.D., on philosophy of mind and ontology, at Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherland's best classical university in 2018), plus the degree granting ceremony. It was recorded on 29 April 2019, in the 'Aula' of Radboud University. The defense was held in English. For the thesis, click on: https://philpapers.org/rec/KASAIA-3 The thesis is a companion volume to Bernardo's book 'The Idea of the World':

See:https://youtu.be/XcMOape0PY8
See also:Metaphysical Speculations