VI. Science, Limits and Convergences

Foundations of Scientific Epistemology

  • Karl Popper — Conjectures and Refutations
  • Thomas S. Kuhn — The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
  • Imre Lakatos — The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes

Physics and the Limits of Measurement

  • Werner Heisenberg — Physics and Philosophy
  • Niels Bohr — Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge
  • Max Planck — Where Is Science Going?

Cosmology and the Structure of the Universe

  • Stephen Hawking — A Brief History of Time
  • Roger Penrose — The Road to Reality
  • Lee Smolin — Time Reborn

Consciousness and the Limits of Reductionism

  • David Chalmers — The Conscious Mind
  • Thomas Nagel — Mind and Cosmos
  • Evan Thompson — Waking, Dreaming, Being

Convergences Between Science and Tradition

  • Fritjof Capra — The Tao of Physics
  • Basarab Nicolescu — Science, Meaning and Evolution
  • Rupert Sheldrake — The Science Delusion

Methodological Humility and Open Questions

  • Jacob Bronowski — The Ascent of Man
  • Paul Feyerabend — Against Method
  • Ilya Prigogine — The End of Certainty