Showing posts with label Philosophy of Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philosophy of Science. Show all posts

Michael Ruse Defends the Cosmological Argument

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Here's a video of Michael Ruse criticizing Richard Dawkins for being too simplistic in his attack on belief in god(s). What Ruse is say...

Udo Schüklenk on Bioethics and Margaret Sommerville

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Udo Schüklenk is a Professor of Philsophy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His specialty is bioethics. Udo gave a pr...

Barry Arrington Explains Other Ways of Knowing

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In my opinion, science is a way of knowing characterized by a requirement for evidence, healthy skepticism, and rationality. "Knowing...

Is It Science?

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I've been having discussion with several of my friends and colleagues about whether the activities of the Intelligent Design Creationist...

The Stockbridge 14: What Did They Discover?

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Fourteen people have been invited to a special meeting in Stockbridge Massachusetts (USA). They are: Sean Carroll, Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawk...

What Is Critical Thinking?

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We all use the term "critical thinking to describe one of the primary goals of education. What do we mean by "critical thinking...

Boudry vs Plantinga

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Alvin Plantinga is a famous philosopher who is widely respected and seems to be able to publish in all the right places. He is a theist (Ca...

John Wilkins Defends Methodological Naturalism

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Methodological Naturalism is an a priori argument in favor limiting science to investigations of the natural world. It serves to protect re...

Does Philosophy Generate Knowledge?

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I began this discussion a few days ago by questioning the purpose of some common philosophical arguments. The example I selected concerned t...

John Wilkins Defends Philosophy: A Bit of History

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There was a time, not so long ago, when science and philosophy coexisted in (relative) peace and harmony. This began to change when science ...

The Flying Spaghetti Monster Steals Meatballs (What's the Purpose of Philosophy?)

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The Flying Spaghetti Monster is all-powerful and all-knowing and she loves meatballs. She is also very sneaky and doesn't want to leave ...

Humanities Aren't Science? More's the Pity

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Science is a way of knowing that is evidence based and requires rational thinking and healthy skepticism. It's the only successful way o...

Science and Christianity—Different Ways of Finding Truth?

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Chris Mulherin is an Anglican Minister who studies the relationship of science and religion. In this video he claims that science and religi...

"Curiosity" Driven Science

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The engineers and technicians have done their job, and what a fantastic job they did! "Curiosity" is now on the surface of Mars an...

Stress and Telomere Length—Do You Believe this Study?

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Healthy skepticism is an important part of science. One of the biggest differences between scientists and intelligent design creationists, f...

What's Wrong with Michael Ruse's View of Accommodationism?

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Michael Ruse wrote a book called Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (2010). It's a defense of accomm...

The Trouble with Scientism?

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Philip Kitcher is a philosopher who specializes in the philsophy of science. He is a professor at Columbia University in New York, USA. He...

Rush Holt on Science and Critical Thinking

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I don't know Rush Holt from Adam. I'm told that he's a US Congressman from New Jersey but I find that difficult to believe. :-) ...

On the Difference Between "Evolutionary Theory" and Scientific Fact

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There's been a lot of discussion about Elliot Sober's talk at the University of Chicago. You can watch the entire talk and the quest...

The Problem with Philosophy: Elliot Sober

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Elliot Sober is an important philosopher who appears to be widely respected in the philosophy community. So when he comes up with a really s...