HackerPapers

arXiv:physics/0702072physics.hist-ph

Hempel's dilemma and the physics of computation

C. W. J. Beenakker

HN submission. Found in a submission link or body. Submitters do not count as commenters in the main ranking; a submission is not an endorsement.

Abstract

Carl Gustav Hempel (1905-1997) formulated the dilemma that carries his name in an attempt to determine the boundaries of physics. Where does physics go over into metaphysics? The purpose of this contribution is to indicate how a recently developed field of research, the physics of computation, might offer a new answer to that old question: The boundary between physics and metaphysics is the boundary between what can and what cannot be computed in the age of the universe.

arXiv comments
5 pages
Journal reference
in: Knowledge in Ferment: Dilemmas in Science, Scholarship and Society (Leiden University Press, 2007)
DOI
Subjects
physics.hist-phHistory and Philosophy of Physics quant-phQuantum Physics

On Hacker News

No comments linking this paper were found in the collected sources. Found in 1 HN submission from Jul 2020 to Jul 2020. Open submission discussions.

Comments linking this paper, per year.

Discussed in comments0 threads

No comments linking this paper were found in the collected sources. Open submission discussions.

Submitted to Hacker News

Connected through shared HN threads, not inferred similarity or a recommendation.