What is the philosophy of science? In this book, I would like to explore this question by explaining 30 works, including those from related fields. Yasuo Nakayama, 'Philosophy of Science', Book Guide ...

This is the first in a new series of articles on “Science and Philosophy”. The School of Athens Source: Raphael (1483–1520) Public Domain “A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background ...

Peter Godfrey-Smith's Philosophy of Biology (Princeton University Press), may not sound like the kind of book even science enthusiasts want to crack open for pleasure, but it's a great way to get up ...

The most philosophically profound work in the history of science has arguably fallen along an arc of humbling self-knowledge. The great “decentering” project, pioneered by the likes of Copernicus, ...

According to Richard Feynman, philosophy of science is for the birds. Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds. (Usually attributed to Richard Feynman) This is ...

Series: Pittsburgh-Konstanz Series in the Philosophy and History of Science Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for ...

“Evacuate the city. The latest numbers from the predictive model show that the hurricane might hit in two days and cause major devastation.” This was not the balanced approach of an emergency manager, ...

In a field such as philosophy, the reverse Gresham’s Law analogue may be too optimistic, as Williamson suggests. Williamson points out that very often a philosopher profoundly wants one answer rather ...

The major in Philosophy provides an education that enriches and empowers students by introducing them to rigorous analysis of their ways of thinking and acting. What distinguishes a philosophical mind ...

My last blog posts calling for a scientific turn in philosophy and the abandonment of aprioristic philosophy largely resulted ...

SINCE 1945 one of the features of the scientific life of Great "Britain has been a growing interest in the 'philosophy of science'. The Philosophy of Science Group of the British Society for the ...