The Comprehensibility of the Universe A New Conception of Science
, by Maxwell, NicholasNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780199261550 | 0199261555
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/27/2003
The Comprehensibility of the Universe puts forward a radically new conception of science. Nicholas Maxwell argues that the prevailing view of the relation between scientific theory and evidence is untenable; he calls for a new orthodoxy which sees science as making a hierarchy of assumptions about the comprehensibility of the universe. This new conception has significant implications for both philosophy and science, and promises to heal the rift between the two.