SCIENCE
and Philosophy

 

Readings on: Examples of some modern world views

Edman, Irwin, Four Ways of Philosophy, [abridged– 3000 words][abstract– 600 words][full text– 18,600 words] — the rational way, philosophy as nature understood

Einstein, Albert in Living Philosophies, [abridged - 500 words] [full essay– 1000 words] — his personal philosophy

France, Anatole The Garden of Epicurus [900 words] — the medieval world-view

Sagan, Carl The Cosmic Connection [2500 words] [abstract– 390 words] — the philosophical hunger for a cosmic perspective

Golden, Richard A modern version of Plato’s analogy of the cave — a worldview [270 words]— a personal opinion