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Philosophy, sociology and religion

Philosophy, sociology and religion

What philosophers do

13 Nov 2017 Robert P Crease
Taken from the November 2017 issue of Physics World

Robert P Crease explains what philosophers of physics get up to

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Deep thinkers: Philosophers of physics can shed light on the precise scientific nature of string theory. (Courtesy: Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library)
There are some questions in physics that no amount of physics research can answer. Why, for example,

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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