Editing Gregory Chaitin (section)

==Other scholarly contributions==
Chaitin also writes about [[philosophy]], especially [[metaphysics]] and [[philosophy of mathematics]] (particularly about epistemological matters in mathematics). In metaphysics, Chaitin claims that [[algorithmic information theory]] is the key to solving problems in the field of [[biology]] (obtaining a formal definition of 'life', its origin and [[evolution]]) and [[neuroscience]] (the problem of [[consciousness]] and the study of the mind).

In recent writings, he defends a position known as [[digital physics|digital philosophy]]. In the [[epistemology]] of mathematics, he claims that his findings in [[mathematical logic]] and algorithmic information theory show there are "mathematical facts that are true for no reason, that are true by accident".<ref>{{cite arXiv|eprint = math/0303352|last1 = Chaitin|first1 = G. J.|title = From Philosophy to Program Size|year = 2003}}</ref> Chaitin proposes that mathematicians must abandon any hope of proving those mathematical facts and adopt a [[quasi-empirical]] methodology.