Yesterday Skip Hills, the owner of HPSST-L sent me notice of an extremely
interesting discussion on the relation between philosophy and science, one
which ends up supporting the view that it might be the former which drives
the latter. The discussants are thoughtful folks you've most likely heard
of. The whole discussion is posted, and suitable for downloading.
Here are the particulars:

The URL for it is:
        http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-2.3/sciphilo.html


Does philosophy drive science?
David Albert, John Horgan, Kelly Moore, Robert Park


Enjoy!
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