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Philosophy, sociology and religion

Philosophy, sociology and religion

This is the critical point

12 May 2020 Robert P Crease
Taken from the May 2020 issue of Physics World.

Having written the Critical Point column in Physics World for 20 years, Robert P Crease still worries that physicists don’t realize why the humanities are so important 

Plato’s story about people watching shadows on a cave wall is still valuable today.
Critical thinking: Plato’s story about people watching shadows on a cave wall is still valuable today. (Courtesy: iStock/MatiasEnElMundo)
I live in New York City and a few years ago I woke up in the middle of the night to find myself in a

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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