Why Science Should Stay Clear of Metaphysics

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why Science Should Stay Clear of Metaphysics
Peter Byrne, Nautilus, 2016/09/12
I read Bas C. van Fraassen's The Scientific Image (248 page PDF) not too long after it came out. I had been studying the positivists in depth and while the rejection of positivism (and consequent embrace of continentalism and existentialism) was all the rage, I found in van Fraassen the essence of what I considered the right response to the positivists. More...