Leonard Finkelman, assistant professor of philosophy at Linfield College, made the case that philosophy is connected to science in a recent article published in the McMinnville News-Register.
In the article, “Making sense of scientific facts,” Finkelman discusses that by drawing conclusions from observations of the world, philosophy is connected to science. Finkelman argues that science benefits from philosophical reasoning because sometimes arranging the known facts in new way helps scientists answer previously intractable questions.
Finkelman joined the Linfield faculty in 2014. His scholarly interests include philosophy of biology with an emphasis on concepts in evolution and extinction. He has also co-authored the articles “The Value of Public Philosophy to Philosophers” and “The Extended (Evolutionary) Debate: Where Science Meets Philosophy.”
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