BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI
Theoretical Physics the view from outside
Theoretical Physics the view from outside
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A Munich declaration?<br />
This is a serious debate among professionals in the field, so it<br />
won’t do to dismiss or ridicule others’ positions<br />
The debate is, in part, on the nature of scientific theorizing and<br />
the relationship between theory & evidence, so it has a<br />
philosophical component<br />
Because the scientific issues are not settled, there is an<br />
inevitable socio-political dimension to the debate, with funding<br />
and hiring decisions at stake, it won’t do to pretend it’s not there<br />
Since it is a very public debate, participants ought to recognize<br />
that what they say will carry consequences for public<br />
understanding of, and trust in, science
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