Physics: Could humans have reached the end of the line for scientific knowledge? Scientists think so (thisisnocave.blogspot.co.uk).
We may be entering a new era in physics, scientists conclude, an era where there are weird features in the universe that we cannot explain and may never be able too. But what would the oft said dead discipline of philosophy have to say? Is Plato smiling in his allegorical cave surrounded by his un-knowledgeable perfect Forms and what of the stuffed monkey who knew that—or maybe not, that being the nature of scepticism and truth—packing Fyffes bananas instead.
A digest that through the quirky deconstruction of latest stories aims to show that a lot of “belief” is often actually just “agenda” or “opportunity” and media “opinion” is copy to reenforce presuppositions many already have and why philosophy is useful in everyday life in defining—for and by yourself—the difference between what ancient Greeks like Plato defined as episteme (knowledge) and doxa (belief), and not just idealistic training to pack Fyffes bananas. Think a bumper bonanza of those cultural, political and just down right hypothetical you don’t really read in Latest Picks.
Recent/related stories
- This Is No Cave: Trump-sis and Putin’s spies’ day (Latest Picks 21st December)
Share this story