The Quantum Thomist

Musings about quantum physics, classical philosophy, and the connection between the two.
What is Physics? A defence of classical theism.
Introduction Table of Contents Summary

Table of contents.
  1. Introduction
  2. Tools
    1. Logic
    2. Probability
    3. The Scientific Method
  3. Metaphysics
    1. Introduction
    2. Assumptions and definitions
  4. Aristotelian Metaphysics
    1. Introduction
    2. The Premises of Aristotelian Metaphysics
    3. Being and Matter
    4. Mind and Life
    5. Causality
  5. Aristotelian Physics
    1. Successes
    2. Failures
  6. The Emergence of the Modern World-View
    1. Definition of Science
    2. The Emergence of Classical Physics
    3. The Merton Calculators and Their Successors
    4. The Experimental Tradition
    5. The Emergence of Mechanism
    6. Astronomy
    7. Descartes
    8. Consequences of Descartes' Philosophy, and His Influence on Later Writers
  7. Classical Physics comes to Maturity
    1. From Galileo to Newton
    2. From Newton to Einstein
    3. Space and Time: from Aristotle to Newton
    4. The Formalization of Mathematics
    5. Special Relativity
    6. Noether’s Theorem
    7. General Relativity
  8. The Philosophy of Classical physics
    1. Positivism
    2. Methodology
    3. The Classical View of Space and Time
    4. God
    5. Causality
    6. Is Enlightenment a Good Thing?
    7. The Fate of Scholastic Metaphysics
  9. Statistical Approaches to Physics
    1. Statistical Physics
    2. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
    3. Natural Selection
  10. Quantum mechanics and Field Theory
    1. Introduction
    2. Quantum Mechanics
    3. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
    4. Quantum Field Theory
    5. The Standard Model
  11. The Philosophical Implications of Quantum Field Theory
    1. The Physics of Many Particles and the Philosophy of Form
    2. Metaphysical Implications of Quantum Field Theory
    3. Principle of Causality
  12. Modern Objections to A Classical theory of God
    1. Introduction
    2. Classical Presentations of the Argument For God
    3. Hume
    4. Kant
    5. Summary
  13. A Classical Theory of God
    1. Definition of God
    2. The Attributes of God
    3. The Mind of God
    4. The Persons of God
  14. Ethics
    1. Introduction
    2. Types of Ethical Theories
    3. Is an Objective Ethical Theory Possible?
    4. Virtue, Duty, and Consequentialist Ethics
    5. Natural Law Ethics
    6. The Goodness of God and Man
    7. God and Evil
  15. From Theism to Physics
    1. Introduction
    2. Premises
    3. Quantum Field Theory
    4. Fermion States
    5. Bell’s Theorem
    6. Quantum Electrodynamics
    7. The Classical Limit
    8. The Standard Model of Particle Physics
    9. Gravity
    10. Recap
    11. Fine Tuning
    12. Summary
  16. Miracles
    1. Introduction
    2. Objections to the Miraculous
    3. How to Assess the Evidence for Miracles
    4. Summary
  17. Conclusion