sir drinks-a-lot

Can anyone recommend any good contemporary philosophy? I usually prefer Philosophy of Science or things along those lines, but not necessarilly.

It will be accompanied by McCallan 18 year old Single Malt.

Please advise.

WJ

"...Philosophy of Science..."

The Mind of God, by physicist Paul Davies.

sir drinks-a-lot

Thanks, WJ, but I've already tackled that one!

WJ

Cool! What did you think about the chapter 'why the world is the way it is'(Ch 7 I think)? I found it quite thought provoking viz. the limitations of human logic and math.

walrus

Clutch

Unless you've already read it, you really can't beat <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0136633455/qid=1028753919/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/102-3892000-2140903" target="_blank">Introduction to the Philosophy of Science</a> for general philosophy of science. It's a collection of really well-written and interesting papers, many of which are not at all "introductory".

Another interesting anthology is Matthews' <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0872200744/qid=1028754323/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-3892000-2140903" target="_blank">The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy</a>.

And a wonderfully informative read, also with a historical slant, is Harman's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521288126/qid=1028754512/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-3892000-2140903" target="_blank">Energy, Force, and Matter; The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics</a>.

Finally, I really liked Branquinho's collection<a href="http://http:/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0198238894/qid=1028754775/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-3892000-2140903" target="_blank">The Foundations of Cognitive Science</a>.

Hope you like 'em!

sir drinks-a-lot

I only thought the book was so-so, but the parts about the limitations of human logic were my favorites. I read it right after Introduction to Philosophy of Science by Ridolph Carnap, which I preferred.

BTW, Paul Davies is currently in the news hypothesizing that the speed of light may not be constant, i.e. E&lt;&gt;mc^2

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