Kristin Andrews finds insight in Peter Godfrey-Smith’s Metazoa.
philosophy of science
Zebras, Bacteria and Asteroids
Toby Friend on what’s real and whether whatever it is can be part of a unified science
Should Science Lead?
Stephen John worries about the government’s favourite slogan.
Are Scientific Theories True?
Paul Dicken wonders what philosophy can tell us about science.
Science and Common Sense
If we’re to understand reality, we must understand the questions that we’re asking, argues Thomas Quinn.
Bread or Stone?
Thomas D Senor examines an attempt to save religion from the march of science.
How the Laws of Physics Still Lie: an interview with Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright believes it is a myth that science is on its way to furnishing us with a theory of everything. Jonathan Walmsley talked to her about how her ideas have developed and about her new book “The Dappled World”.
The Rise of Philosophy of Psychiatry
Christian Perring welcomes a surge of interest in what has been up until now a neglected poor relation in philosophy.
Thomas Kuhn: a snapshot
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on July 18, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. He received a Ph. D. in physics from Harvard University in 1949 and remained there as an assistant professor of general education and history of science. In 1956, Kuhn accepted a post at the University of California–Berkeley, where in 1961 he […]