Importance of Boscovich's theory of natural philosophy for modern science and philosophy

Review of "Unmodern Philosophy and Modern Philosophy"

Natural Philosophy and Quantum Theory

We attempt to show how relationalism might help in understanding Bell’s theorem. We also present an analogy with Darwinian evolution in order to pedagogically explain Bell’s theorem.

From philosophy to science (to natural philosophy): evolutionary developmental perspectives.

This paper focuses on abstraction as a mode of reasoning that facilitates a productive relationship between philosophy and science. Using examples from evolutionary developmental biology, I argue that there are two areas where abstraction can be relevant to science: reasoning explication and problem clarification. The value of abstraction is characterized in terms of methodology (modeling or da...

Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Chemistry

In this paper I assess the relation between philosophy of chemistry and (general) philosophy of science, focusing on those themes in the philosophy of chemistry that may bring about major revisions or extensions of current philosophy of science. Three themes can claim to make a unique contribution to philosophy of science: first, the variety of materials in the (natural and artificial) world; s...

David Hull’s Natural Philosophy of Science