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July 4, 2012
The Higgs Boson: What counts as a discovery in science?
By Wayne Myrvold Big news of the day is the press conference that CERN held this morning, announcing strong evidence of something that has some of the right properties to be the Higgs boson. Is today the day that will … Continue reading
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June 18, 2012
On the Social Responsibility of Philosophers of Science
By Wayne Myrvold A few weeks ago, I gave a talk at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science. The title was “On the Social Responsibility of Philosophers of Science.” The idea behind … Continue reading
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June 17, 2012
Beyond Turf Wars: The Facebook comment thread
By Wayne Myrvold I posted a link to my blog post, “Beyond Turf Wars,” on my Facebook page. It resulted in an interest back-and-forth involving myself, philosopher Vishnya Maudlin, and Matt Leifer, a physicist working on the foundations of quantum … Continue reading
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June 11, 2012
Beyond Turf Wars
By Wayne Myrvold There has been a bit of squabbling, of late, between physicists and philosophers of science. In 2010, in their book The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. declared that “philosophy is dead … Scientists have become … Continue reading
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