https://sandromagri.info/en/science/notes/index.htmlScience and Philosophy: Weinberg Philosophy and Language: Wittgenstein Particle physics: GlashowHugoensandro@freenetst.it (Sandro Magrì)sandro@freenetst.it (Sandro Magrì)2020- All rights reserved.Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:21:49 +0100https://sandromagri.info/en/science/notes/2025/10-weinberg/index.htmlSun, 23 Feb 2025 14:21:49 +0100sandro@freenetst.it (Sandro Magrì)https://sandromagri.info/en/science/notes/2025/10-weinberg/index.htmlSteven Weinberg “The unreasonable ineffectiveness of philosophy” is contrasted by Steven Weinberg with the “unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences” highlighted by Eugene Wigner. " In our hunt for the final theory, physicists are more like bloodhounds than hawks; we have become good at sniffing on the ground the traces of beauty we expect in the laws of nature, but we do not seem to be able to see the path to truth from the heights of philosophy."https://sandromagri.info/en/science/notes/2025/20-wittgenstein/index.htmlSun, 23 Feb 2025 14:21:49 +0100sandro@freenetst.it (Sandro Magrì)https://sandromagri.info/en/science/notes/2025/20-wittgenstein/index.htmlLudwig Wittgenstein “Nothing seems more unlikely to me than the possibility that a scientist or mathematician who reads me will be seriously affected in the way he or she works.” “Culture and Value” (1980). “Of what one cannot speak one must be silent.”“Language disguises thought.”_ “Tractatus logico-philosophicus” (1921) “Philosophical problems arise when language parties” “Philosophical Researches” (1953) In his “Philosophical Researches” Wittgenstein explains that philosophical problems are diseases of language, arise when language “goes on vacation”, that is, when words are taken out of their ordinary context and used abstractly, generating conceptual confusions.https://sandromagri.info/en/science/notes/glashow_istdfdp/index.htmlSun, 04 Aug 2024 18:11:15 +0200sandro@freenetst.it (Sandro Magrì)https://sandromagri.info/en/science/notes/glashow_istdfdp/index.htmlScientific and technological importance of particle physics Sheldon Glashow Boston University, (Nobel Laureate 1979) - Paris, Oct. 4, 2002 (translated into Italian by Prof. Guido Martinelli, Department of Physics University la Sapienza, Rome, notes are by the translator) Many politicians, as well as representatives of industry and academia, are convinced that society should invest exclusively in research that is likely to generate direct and specific benefits in the form of wealth creation and quality-of-life improvements. In particular, they believe that research in High Energy Physics and of Astrophysics are unnecessary and wasteful luxuries, that these disciplines consume resources rather than promote economic growth and well-being for man. for example, let me quote a recent letter to the Economist: “Physicists working in fundamental research would feel harassed if they had to point to something useful that could be derived from their theoretical elaborations … Itʼs much more important to encourage our ‘best brains’ to solve real problems and leave theology to the professionals of the religion.” Instead, I believe that these people are completely wrong, and that the policy they advocate is very unwise and counterproductive.