Tag: "philosophy of science"

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]

Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity by Raymond Tallis

Daryn Green is of one mind (almost) with Raymond Tallis.
[Issue 88: January/February 2012: Books]

The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil

James Williams has a singularily good time.
[Issue 86: September/October 2011: Books]

Mathematical Platonism

Our philosophical science correspondent Massimo Pigliucci takes a dose of it.
[Issue 84: May/June 2011: Science]

Einstein’s Cosmic Hangover

by Roger Caldwell
[Issue 83: March/April 2011: Poetry]

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