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Book review. Peter Cave’s “How to Think Like a Philosopher” is a very enjoyable introduction into Western philosophy. Light, conversational, entertaining and intellectually stimulating. (more...)
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31 sty 2022 · A good book review should tell the reader how the book fits in the intellectual landscape in a way that the reader cannot easily find out on their own. Explain what problem is being solved, how previous authors have attempted to solve it, what debate the book contributes to.
2 sie 2019 · In this paper I review the problematic relationship between science and philosophy; in particular, I will address the question of whether science needs philosophy, and I will offer some positive perspectives that should be helpful in developing a synergetic relationship between the two.
If you just want to read contemporary issues in philosophy of science, then seek out books published more recently such as those by Nancy Cartwirght or Ladyman. But if you want to get a deeper understanding of current issues, then a historical reading will complement the contemporary one.
18 paź 2024 · Philosophy of science, the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the elements of scientific inquiry. This article discusses metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical issues related to the practice and goals of modern science.
In interpreting Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day, it points to similarities between the recent interest of analytic philosophers in self-deception and the interest of literary scholars in narrative unreliability, showing that a better understanding of self-deception can be achieved by a mutual illumination of philosophy and literature ...
