Gödel’s incompleteness theorem: The non-Cretan way out…
Gödel’s incompleteness theorem is well known for proving that the dream of most mathematicians to formulate foundations for a complete …
Category Archives: Assumptions
Old philosophers, science and the poison of knowledge…
A friend recently asked: how can we seriously read philosophers from before the 18th century, now that we know of …
Satellite galaxies. Dark matter. Simulating the unknown…
The mystery of the missing satellite galaxies has bedeviled astronomers for more than a decade. While dark matter has proven …
Dogmas, science, assumptions and the need for Philosophy!
Horgan: What’s your opinion of the recent philosophy-bashing by Stephen Hawking, Lawrence Krauss and Neil deGrasse Tyson? Rovelli: Seriously: I …
Watch out for the assumptions…
A new study from scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and colleagues confirms …