Why Beliefs Matter - Reflections on the Nature of Science (Hardcover)

This book discusses deep problems about our place in the world with a minimum of technical jargon. It argues that 'absolutist' ideas dating back to Plato continue to mislead generations of theoretical physicists and theologians. It explains that the multi-layered nature of our present descriptions of the world is unavoidable, not because of anything about the world but because of our own human natures. It tries to rescue mathematics from the singular and exceptional status that it has been assigned, as much by those who understand it as by those who do not. It provides direct quotations from many of the important contributors to its subject, and concludes with a penetrating criticism of many of the recent contributions to the often acrimonious debates about science and religions.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	July 2010
Authors:	E. Brian Davies
Dimensions:	241 x 163 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-958620-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-19-958620-9
Barcode:	9780199586202

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