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Leading scientists, philosophers identify nature’s missing evolutionary law

As Earth formed, new geologic processes, especially those related to the interaction of hot fluids with rock during igneous activity and plate tectonics, gave birth to over 1500 new mineral species (4 ...
Kaleido Scope

Discussing philosophy of science with Marshall Abrams

Marshall Abrams, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Philosophy, teaches about and conducts research on philosophy of science. The College of Arts and ...
Space.com

Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here's why

Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
The Conversation

Babies and animals can’t tell us if they have consciousness – but philosophers and scientists are starting to find answers

Henry Taylor has previously received funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Isaac Newton Trust, and the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Because of these issues, academics, both in science and ...
JSTOR Daily

First instances in phylogenic and ontogenic selection as captured by the verbal behavior of scientists and philosophers of science

Selectionist sciences such as evolutionary biology and behavior analysis depend on variations. Variations must emerge before environments can act upon them. Yet if first instances in ontogeny are not ...