Tag: "philosophy of science"

Consilience

Toni Vogel Carey on discovering interconnections.
[Issue 95: March/April 2013: Articles]

Instabilities in Nature & Art

Malcolm E. Brown and Steve Hubbard ask if scientific laws are fact or fiction.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013: Articles]

The Science Delusion by Rupert Sheldrake

John Greenbank is unconvinced by Rupert Sheldrake’s lively heresies.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012: Books]

Science in the Twentieth Century and Beyond by Jon Agar

Vincent di Norcia finds fault with Jon Agar’s analysis of 20th century science.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012: Books]

Plato’s Neurobiology

Elizabeth Laidlaw explores some parallels between a modern picture of the brain and Plato’s description of the psyche.
[Issue 90: May/June 2012: Plato]

Reason as a Universal Constant

Stuart Greenstreet asks if C.S. Lewis was right that reason proves the supernatural.
[Issue 90: May/June 2012: Articles]

The Multiverse Conundrum

Tim Wilkinson on the physics & philosophy of parallel universes.
[Issue 89: March/April 2012: Articles]

The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

Alistair MacFarlane finds himself in the foothills of infinity.
[Issue 89: March/April 2012: Books]

Beyond the Laws of Nature

Russell Berg gives us a brief philosophical tour of the history of scientific theorising.
[Issue 88: January/February 2012: Articles]

Reflective Equilibrium

Our philosophical science correspondent Massimo Pigliucci finds himself deep in it.
[Issue 88: January/February 2012: Science]

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