This week, a group of about 100 physicists and philosophers have gathered in Munich to reassess a question at the heart of science: “Why trust a theory?” In an opinion piece by George Ellis and Joe ...

The nature of time has plagued thinkers for as long as we've tried to understand the world we live in. Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots.

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The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek for "love of wisdom," and that's appropriate -- it's largely a calling one pursues for love, not for fame and certainly not for money. And while the most ...

Deep thinkers: Philosophers of physics can shed light on the precise scientific nature of string theory. (Courtesy: Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library) There are some questions in physics that no ...

Opinions differ about what recent measurements of a sound-trapping fluid reveal about light-trapping black holes. The question is how to interpret the bizarre analogy between a fluid of rubidium atoms ...

Our job is to persuade by argument, not by wielding influence. By Agnes Callard Ms. Callard is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. Recently I was asked to sign a ...