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Pages in category "Philosophical debates" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Kuhn-Popper debate was a debate surrounding research methods and the advancement of scientific knowledge. In 1965, at the University of London's International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science, Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper engaged in a debate that circled around three main areas of disagreement. [ 1 ]
1895 Lübeck Debate between Ludwig Boltzmann and Wilhelm Ostwald on the existence of atoms. [11] 1920 Great Debate (astronomy) between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis on the scale of spiral nebulae and the Universe. [12] 1927–1935 Bohr–Einstein debates between Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr on interpretations of quantum mechanics. [13]
The Leibniz–Clarke correspondence was a scientific, theological and philosophical debate conducted in an exchange of letters between the German thinker Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Samuel Clarke, an English supporter of Isaac Newton during the years 1715 and 1716.
The Socratic method (also known as the method of Elenchus or Socratic debate) is a form of argumentative dialogue between individuals based on asking and answering questions. Socratic dialogues feature in many of the works of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato , where his teacher Socrates debates various philosophical issues with an ...
Arthur Eddington, Philosophy of Physical Science, 1939; Werner Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science, 1958; Adolf Grünbaum, Philosophical Problems of Space and Time, 1963/1973; John Stewart Bell, "On the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen Paradox", 1964; Rudolf Carnap, Philosophical Foundations of Physics, 1966
Critics have accused Peterson of misusing the term postmodernism, referring to postmodern philosophy, as a stand in term for the far-right and antisemitic Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory. [4] Peterson said he could meet "any time, any place" to debate and it was announced on 28 February 2019 that the debate was scheduled for 19 April 2019.
The Nyayasutras contain a more systematic and improved version of the theory of debate than the one presented in Charaka Samhitha. The term katha (meaning speech or discourse), is the preferred term to denote philosophical debate in Nyaya literature. The Nyayasutras mention three kinds of debate, namely, vada, jalpa, and vitanda. The first ...