Science & Philosophy
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In The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn presents his theory that science proceeds by a series of paradigm shifts. This view is analysed in Philosophical Reflections 7B: Doubt & Certainty. |
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This book was roundly criticised in Philosophical Reflections 6: Science & Values for its unfounded criticism of science for not providing us with an ethical framework or the meaning of life, things which are the purpose of philosophy not of science. |
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The Blind Watchmaker is one of several books by Richard Dawkins that are worth a read. Dawkins is very good at explaining the evidence for evolution, and countering its critics, in easy to understand terms. |
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Jurassic Park is a well-known science fiction book/movie which has prompted more than one Philosophical Reflection (e.g. 4: Holes in the Heart of Reason, 5: Chaos, 6: Science & Values) due to its absorption of the less rational aspects of modernistic philosophy, delighting as it does in the evils of capitalism, the mastery of chaos theory and the subjective nature of truth. |