Avid readers of Physics World will know that we have for many years published a monthly column called “Critical Point” written by Robert P Crease, a historian and philosopher of science from Stony ...

Prof. Emeritus Howard Stein, a renowned philosopher and historian of physics at the University of Chicago, died March 8 at his home in Hyde Park. He was 95. A trained philosopher and mathematician, ...

One of the evergreen topics in online discussions of physics is what role, if any, philosophy plays in the discipline. I've been blogging since 2002 (which is after the dinosaurs, but before the giant ...

Nancy Cartwright, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California San Diego, has been named the 2026 ...

You might not understand what philosophers do for a living, but that does not mean their work is meaningless. Robert P Crease tires of hearing physicists trying to kill his profession Alive and ...

In the research field of the history and philosophy of physics, Professor Emeritus Allan Franklin studies the long-term impacts of physics discoveries on the scientific community and the greater ...

One of the evergreen topics in my social-media circles has to do with the relationship between physics and philosophy, which generally comes up in the form of accusations that physicists are too ...

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Bertrand Russell is reputed to have said that “science is organized common sense; philosophy is organized piffle”. Although probably being playful, he was articulating the view of many physicists.