Wednesday, February 21, 2018

3quarksdaily: In praise of fallibility: why science needs philosophy


The following article makes an excellent case for philosophy being used in science.

There has been much discussion (and controversy) in science on whether string theory and multiverse theory are actually science. A recent pair of articles by Peter Woit (Not Even Wrong) and Sean Carrol (Preposterous Universe) have argued both sides. This article discusses what some experiments and observations are actually testing.

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