Human Nature and the Limits of Science
This book's blurb says that it is `a provocative, witty and persuasive corrective to scientism' and this time the blurb is quite right. John Dupré's…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
The Self-Made Tapestry
A remarkable book about pattern formation in nature, starting from D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's book 'On Growth and Form'. Based on the idea of emergent self-organisation,…… Read More »
A Passion for DNA
This is an important collection of essays by one of the co-discoverers of DNA, and provides an interesting, though naturally partisan, commentary on biological advances…… Read More »
The Undergrowth of Science
Subtitled 'delusion, self-deception and human frailty', this is, as one would expect, a tendentious read. Some of the cases are classic ones familiar in the…… Read More »
Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science
A book at the interface between sociology and the philosophy of science and discussing a wide spectrum of views. The author distinguishes two a priori…… Read More »
The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging
Authors: Bruce A Carnes, S Jay Olshansky
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
A book that takes a sceptical view of the hype surrounding the life extension industry. The authors do not expect the human life span to…… Read More »
Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison
A wonderful stocking filler or one for dipping into in guest bedrooms. This book features the best of Outside Magazine's Wild Files in which readers…… Read More »
On Science
This book is the most interesting in the 'Thinking in Action' series and forms part of an increasingly articulated critique of scientism. The author, a…… Read More »
The Scientific Outlook
A new edition of this widely read work with an illuminating preface by David Papineau, who puts Russell's reflections into a modern context - for…… Read More »
ALAS POOR DARWIN: ARGUMENTS AGAINST EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
Alas, poor Darwin, a collection of 15 essays edited by Hilary and Steven Rose could well be titled Alas, poor Richard Dawkins, Alas, poor Edward…… Read More »