Avid readers of Physics World will know that we have for many years published a monthly column called “Critical Point” written by Robert P Crease, a historian and philosopher of science from Stony ...

Prof. Emeritus Howard Stein, a renowned philosopher and historian of physics at the University of Chicago, died March 8 at his home in Hyde Park. He was 95. A trained philosopher and mathematician, ...

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Vol. 69, No. 19, Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division (Oct. 26, 1972), pp. 621-634 (14 pages) Published By: Journal of Philosophy, Inc. The Journal of ...

In his final essay the late physicist Victor Stenger argues for the validity of philosophy in the context of modern theoretical physics Editor’s Note: Shortly before his death last August at the age ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. One of the evergreen topics in my social-media circles has to do with ...

Deep thinkers: Philosophers of physics can shed light on the precise scientific nature of string theory. (Courtesy: Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library) There are some questions in physics that no ...

Bertrand Russell is reputed to have said that “science is organized common sense; philosophy is organized piffle”. Although probably being playful, he was articulating the view of many physicists.

For students who plan to continue their education by going to graduate school in arts and sciences, a high score on the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) is often a crucial component of a successful ...