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![How can we make sense of phenomena in the world around us? How can we predict what’s likely to happen in the future, or […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/8214955983_835087f57b-195x110.jpg "Modelling Magic")
Modelling Magic
Posted on March 15, 2015 | No CommentsHow can we make sense of phenomena in the world around us? How can we predict what’s likely to happen in the future, or […] -
![Admittedly, it didn’t feel like a day on which to be inspired. Precipitation, surely, but not inspiration, as cold and rainy weather battered the spires […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Astronomy-Artist-and-Color-Designer-Thao-Do-195x110.png "Scientific Highlights of TEDxOxford 2014")
Scientific Highlights of TEDxOxford 2014
Posted on January 28, 2014 | No CommentsAdmittedly, it didn’t feel like a day on which to be inspired. Precipitation, surely, but not inspiration, as cold and rainy weather battered the spires […] -
![In 1927, twenty-nine of the world’s leading physicists gathered in Solvay, Brussels for a conference on “Electrons and Photons.” Seventeen attendees went on to become […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Evolution-or-Revolution_preview-115x115.gif "Evolution or Revolution?")
Evolution or Revolution?
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsIn 1927, twenty-nine of the world’s leading physicists gathered in Solvay, Brussels for a conference on “Electrons and Photons.” Seventeen attendees went on to become […] -
![Do bees have feelings? What would that mean? And if they do have feelings, how should we treat them? Do we have a moral obligation […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Blog-image-01-115x115.jpg "What is it like to be a bee?")
What is it like to be a bee?
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsDo bees have feelings? What would that mean? And if they do have feelings, how should we treat them? Do we have a moral obligation […] -
Can Science Tell Us What’s Objectively True? Part 3
Posted on May 14, 2011 | No CommentsWe finished up the last post with a quote from Charles S. Peirce, founder of pragmatism. In it, he argues that something called a “social […] -
Can Science Tell Us What’s Objectively True? Part 4
Posted on May 14, 2011 | No CommentsPhilosopher (and scientist, mathematician, logician, etc.) Charles Peirce, in a well-known 1877 essay, tried to defend the scientific method on pragmatic grounds alone, saying it’s […] -
Can Science Tell Us What’s Objectively True? Part 2
Posted on May 2, 2011 | No CommentsIn this series of blog posts, we’re looking at the philosophical view of science put forward by Charles S. Peirce, the late 19th century American […] -
Can Science Tell Us What’s Objectively True? Part 1
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsCan science tell us what’s objectively true? Or is it merely a clever way to cure doubt—to give us something to believe in, real or […]
