2005

Christian C. Carman, "The electrons of the dinosaurs and the center of the Earth: comments on D.D. Turner's 'The past vs. the tiny: historical science and the abductive arguments for realism'" (2005)

"Studies in History and Philosophy of Science" 2005, vol. 36, pp. 171–173. --- Abstract: --- Turner [The past vs. the tiny: Historical science and the abductive arguments for realism. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 35A (2004) 1] claims that the arguments in favor of realism do not support with the same force both classes of realism, since they supply stronger reasons for experimental realism than for historical realism. I would like to make two comments, which should be seen as amplifications inspired by his proposal, rather than as a criticism. First, it is important to highlight that Turner's distinction between 'tiny' and 'past unobservables' is neither excluding nor exhaustive. Second, even if we agreed with everything that Turner says regarding the arguments for realism and their relative weight in order to justify the experimental or historical version, there is an aspect that Turner does not consider and that renders historical realism less problematic than experimental realism.

Nick Atkinson, "Darwin Meets Chomsky. Scientists converge in a multidisciplinary approach to understanding human language" (2005)

"The Scientist" Volume 18, Issue 24, p. 16, Dec. 20, 2004; http://www.the-scientist.com/2004/12/20/16/1

Ashley Lawson, "Physics principles too myopic, Nobel winner says . Robert Laughlin thinks physics is in crisis because physicists have problems with their belief systems" (2005)

"Science & Theology News" June 2, 2005; http://www.stnews.org/articles.php?category=research&article_id=591

Charles T. Rubin, "Daedalus and Icarus Revisited" (2005)

"The New Atlantis", Number 8, Spring 2005, pp. 73-91; http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/8/rubin.htm

Gregory H. Moore, "The Incomplete Gödel" (2005)

Review of: Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel. Rebecca Goldstein. 296 pp. W. W. Norton, 2005. $22.95 and A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein. Palle Yourgrau. x + 210 pp. Basic Books, 2005. $24; "American Scientist" September-October 2005; http://www.americanscientist.org/template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/45922#46206

Daniel Smith, "Political Science" (2005)

"The New York Times" September 4, 2005;

Alan Boyle, "Einstein and Darwin: A Tale of Two Theories" (2005)

MSNBC.com May 2, 2005; http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7159345/

Tenzin Gyatso, "Our Faith in Science" (2005)

"The New York Times" November 12, 2005; http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/12/opinion/12dalai.html?th&emc=th

Don A. Howard, "Albert Einstein as a Philosopher of Science" (2005)

"Physics Today" http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-58/iss-12/p34.html