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this thread again? WUT

you forgot his recurring hate for philosophy.

Actually Feynman LOVED Epistemological Philosophy, like Popper, but hated Sophism, like French Existentialism and the Frankfurt School, because they rejected constraints like Epistemological Axioms and Empirical Foundationalism.
In fact, Feynman championed Empiricism to his last days, which is philosophy.

No. It is huge popsci. It suits for freshman year if even than.

Someone's clearly never opened these books.

Like one user already said, the lectures are great when you've already learned the material. I don't think they're nearly as thorough as a typical textbook in the subject. This is understandable though, since they're small books and cover a huge range of topics.

I think those particular lectures by Feynman were designed for students of other disciplines so they could get a brief exposure to modern physics. For the physics student, they're good as a litmus test of your knowledge.

If you want to actually learn QM though, the Feynman lectures vol. 3 is not where you want to start.

I bought pic related recently, and so far I've been progressing through it pretty quickly, but Some of the later math topics are things I've never learned. Will the book teach me enough to get by or should I start finding some other sources to help me through it?

> I think those particular lectures by Feynman were designed for students of other disciplines so they could get a brief exposure to modern physics.
The forward says what they're for. The first two years of a physicists education.

Find a well known professor

ITT: neckbeards who have never read the Feynman Lectures discuss them