*Science fiction probably needs a better metaphysics. It would have something to do with the relationship of language to the passage of time. As for the "mythical and the mystical," I don't think ...

“ALL men by nature desire to know.” So begins the first book of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, written about two and a half thousand years ago and still one of the most influential works of Western ...

Dialectica, Vol. 14, No. 1, Discussion sur I'idée d'une philosophie d'inspiraion scientifique (15. 3. 1960), pp. 53-79 (27 pages) The scientist's basic question, « What is going on ? » shows that he ...

To understand the ultimate nature of reality, philosophers could learn more from elephants than traditional armchair metaphysics untethered to Earth ...

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ALEBRANCHE is generally regarded as an IVJ. idealist philosopher with an interest only for those who care for metaphysical speculation, but he deserves a warm corner in every true scientific ...

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Philosophers of science are not known for agreeing with each other—contrariness is part of the job description. But for thousands of years, from Aristotle to Thomas Kuhn, those who study what science ...