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| | The "historical turn" in the philosophy of science in the 1960s and 1970s gave most of its attention to the development of the physical sciences -- especially physics itself. (See Tom Nickles' essay "Historicist Theories of Scientific Rationality" in theStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyfor a detailed account of this development in the philosophy of science;link.) Historian-philosophers...
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| | There are all kinds of 'theories' that exist, from the philosophical to the conspiratorial - the term 'theory' is also used colloquially to refer to something that may be more accurately called a hypothesis, an idea not yet confirmed. Scientific theories, however, are not mere speculations about what the world is like, but frameworks that...
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| | In "The Truth Wears Off," I wanted to explore the human side of the scientific enterprise. My focus was on a troubling phenomenon often referred to as ...
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| PhilStock: I have been asked why I haven't posted a PhilStock in so long. It is not that I don't have a lot to say as regards recent stock events/performance (basically terrible), I just don't think any of it is especially philosophical. I might note that the "mascot" stock for this site, Diamond Offshore (DO)...