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If you’re going to talk about the philosophy of science, it’s important to have some historical background. To help trace a little bit of science’s history, I interviewed Rhonda Martens, a professor of philosophy...

Science produces so many useful technologies and lifts us by our bootstraps out from the domestic drudgeries generations of ancestors were meant to endure; to wit, I haven’t met a single person that thinks...

“Science respects the power of the human intellect; religion belittles it,” claims the former Oxford chemist Peter Atkins. Atkins adds, “Religion is armchair speculation well fitted to adipose brains.” Fellow Oxonian Richard Dawkins says religion...

Pro: If science has not rendered philosophy obsolete as a means for understanding the world, it will. Science as a discipline provides concrete knowledge by refining philosophical traditions, leading to a testable method of understanding....

Con: Science cannot, and cannot be allowed to, render philosophy obsolete. One defence is that arguments for science as a reliable means for learning about the world are themselves deeply philosophical. Namely, scientific reliance on...

Issues have continued to rise between the Canadian government and the First Nations Assembly (AFN) as they work towards creating an Education Act expected to pass in September, 2014. The act is aimed towards...

TransCanada Corp. has proposed converting 3,000 km of natural gas pipeline into use for crude oil transportation. This pipeline would ship oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to eastern parts of Canada, including Quebec and...