Sentences with phrase «recent philosopher of science»

After Whitehead, to whom he was obviously unfair, he has been, by my standards, the best recent philosopher of science.

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In recent years, however, theologians have expressed a remarkable new interest in the sciences, while philosophers of science such as Stephen Toulmin have shown some new interest in theology.

My colleague of the Université Catholique de Louvain, professor Ladrière, a mathematician and philosopher, sees also the relevance of Whitehead for contemporary thought which takes seriously the findings of recent science.

It has been largely through the work of philosophers that thought about the methods of science has affected religious thought in recent decades.

JRM: Another recent book, The Case of the Female Orgasm, by biologist and philosopher of science Elisabeth Lloyd, examines the evidence for various adaptive explanations of female orgasms, and concludes that it has no evolutionary function.

As a philosopher with a background in biological science, I applaud your recent special issue on reality (29 September, p 34) as a valuable marker of where we are, and aren't, on this important topic.