Monthly Archives: October 2010
Scientist’s Operating Manual – Evidence; gathering, measuring, analysing
In this chapter we will look at how science gathers information about the world, and what it does with it. [Contributors should write their bits in the comments, and I will collate them below the fold or in new posts. … Continue reading
Filed under Book, Epistemology, Philosophy, Science
Killer Links from Outer Space
I really have to do these more often… but I’ve been teaching.
The historical way to do science
A review of two history of science books in History Today starts out The story of science is Whig history. We are forever cherry-picking the routes by which we came to our present understanding of the world – and the … Continue reading
A night about religion
I’m part of a tag team night for the Student Philosophy Association at the University of Queensland. The Facebook page is here. I’m arguing for… guess which?
Filed under Philosophy, Religion
