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Norton, John D.- Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

The Dome: An Unexpectedly Simple Failure of Determinism John D. Norton1
August 1999; rev. April 2000 A Conjecture on Einstein, the Independent
December 21, 2007; January 21, 29, April 5, July 15, 2008 Is There an Independent Principle of Causality in Physics?
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1007/s00407-004-0085-6 Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 59 (2004) 45105
This document set in Typo-Freetm December 21, 2006; March 2, 27, 2007
June 29, July 24 2009 A Material Solution to the Problem of Induction
June 6, June 22, August 29, 2006 New abstract, Nov. 1, 2006
John D. Norton is Professor in the Department of History and Phi-losophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
Foundations of Physics, Vol . 29, No. 8, 1999 A Quantum Mechanical Supertask
This is a topic I touched on in previous editorials, where I pointed to the difficulty we philosophers oft experi-
February 14, January 16, 2006 Rev. December 5; 2006; February 18, July 12, 2007.
January 6, March 31, 2010 Time Really Passes
September 2010 Galileo's Refutation of the Speed-Distance Law of Fall
August 15, 2007; May 16, August 7, September 5, 2008; January 8, October 16, 2009. Challenges to Bayesian Confirmation Theory
Aug. 3, 2004; Rev. Aug. 19, Sep 15, Sep. 29, Oct. 4, 2004; July 1, 2005 How Hume and Mach Helped Einstein
Brit. J. Phil. Sci. 60 (2009), 475486 Is There an Independent Principle
Einstein's principle of Equivalence S What was Einstein's principle of
Little boxes: A simple implementation of the Greenberger, Horne, and Zeilinger result for spatial degrees of freedom
July 18, August 21, December 20, 2003; April 11, 2004 How the Formal Equivalence of Grue and Green Defeats
John D. Norton www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton
March 27, 31, April 7, 25, June 10, 2011 Approximation and Idealization: Why the Difference Matters
June 29, July 24 2009; April 13, 2010 A Material Dissolution of the Problem of Induction
September 17, 2003 What Can We Learn about the Ontology of Space and Time
Rev. Dec. 13,. Jan 17, 2004; December 1; November 29, 2003 Einsteins Special Theory of Relativity and the Problems in the
March 3, 9, 22; May 20, 21, 25, 26, July 7, September 26, 2009 Observationally Indistinguishable Spacetimes
March 3, 9, 22, 2009 The Inductive Significance of
April 28, July 16, August 2, 2010 Little Boxes: The Simplest Demonstration of the Failure of Einstein's
August 7, 11, 13, 2009; October 10, 16, November 5, 2009; January 13, March 31, 2010 Cosmic Confusions: Not Supporting versus Supporting Not-
August 7, 11, 13, 2009 Cosmology and Inductive Inference: A Bayesian Failure
August 5, 2009 How Hume and Mach Helped Einstein
October 23, 2007; rev. October 24, 31, November 14, 2007; May 13, 2008 Why Constructive Relativity Fails
June 6, June 22, August 29, 2006 New abstract, Nov. 1, 2006
Discovering the Relativity of Simultaneity How did Einstein take "The Step"?1
December 28, 2005; January 23, February 11, May 11, 2006 Probability Disassembled
June 4, 2005. Rev. June 10,17, 05. Do the Causal Principles of Modern Physics Contradict
JOHN D. NORTON HOW THE FORMAL EQUIVALENCE OF GRUE AND GREEN
Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 37 (2006) 71100
Eaters of the Lotus: Landauer's Principle and the Return of Maxwell's Demon
A Material Theory of Induction* John D. Nortonyz
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, VOL. 14, NO. 1, 2000 What can we learn about physical laws
J. S. ALPER, M. BRIDGER, J. EARMAN and J. D. NORTON WHAT IS A NEWTONIAN SYSTEM? THE FAILURE OF ENERGY
(Received 15 July 1997; revised 18 December 1997) * Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, U. S. A.
General covariance and general relativity 791 General covariance and the foundations of general
Jrgen Renn (ed.), The Genesis of General Relativity Vol. 3: Theories of Gravitation in the Twilight of Classical Physics. Part I.
OPINION / PERSPECTIVES Thoughts of sailing were far from our minds when my wife, Eve, and I moved into
November 14, 17, 2010 Chasing the Light
July 12, 2007 Einstein's Miraculous Argument of 1905
Brit. J. Phil. Sci. 58 (2007), 141171 Probability Disassembled
Rep. bog. Phys. 56 (1993) 791458. Printed in the UK General covariance and the foundations of general relativity
August 16, 2006; Small rev. August 19, 2006
Brit. J. Phil. Sci. 59 (2008), 821834 Why Constructive Relativity Fails
May 26, 2007; Jun 10, 2007; Augustt 7, 2008. History of Science and the Material Theory of Induction
June 9, 30, 2010 Major revision. December 6, 15, 2010
First draft April 2002. Minor revisions, September 8, 15, 2010.
July 18, 25, November 11, 2008; June 11, December 28, 2009 There are No Universal Rules for Induction
September 15, October 23, 2008; January 3, 2010. Deductively Definable Logics of Induction
Waiting for Landauer John D. Norton 1
January 2, 22, 28, 2012 Infinite Idealizations
The Logical Inconsistency of the Old Quantum Theory of Black Body Radiation Author(s): John Norton
December 22, 28, 2011 The End of the Thermodynamics of Computation: A No Go Result