Adaptive Philosophy Foundation · reading shelf · Universe 42

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Daniel’s status: has not finished this book yet — it’s on the list (good title). Healey was one of his favorite professors at the University of Arizona. He owns some of Healey’s other books; not all read. Commons cite page for honest linking while he catches up.

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Book: The Quantum Revolution in Philosophy — Richard Healey (Oxford University Press, 2017; paperback reprint 2019). ISBN (hardback) 9780198714057 · (paperback) 9780198844679 · DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198714057.001.0001

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Embedded links (open · read · buy · review)

• University of Arizona · book page
• PhilPapers record
• Oxford Academic / DOI
• Amazon (paperback)
• NDPR review
• BSPS Review · David Glick

Healey’s line (paraphrase): quantum theory is enormously successful without describing the world in its own terms; models give advice on non-quantum magnitude claims — less “picture the quantum world,” more “what to make of the world.”[1]

Why next to Towel SMS / Universe 42

Lab toys (towel Morse, Cirq secret 101010 = 42) are educational/formal. Healey keeps the bookshelf honest: models guide belief and talk, not only ontology posters.

Companion posts

• Illustrated towel article: Towel SMS & dimensional IDs: plates, logical mechanics, and $dancredit
• Copy this commons (Grok Bot how-to): Copy this commons: Grok Bot + Adaptive Philosophy how-to

Cash App: $dancredit

Viam inveniemus.

— Daniel Bryan Boice · Adaptive Philosophy Foundation