Quanta Magazine S2018 E8 - Michela Massimi: Defending the Philosophy of Sciencemovie

Quanta Magazine S2018 E8 - Michela Massimi: Defending the Philosophy of Science

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Michela Massimi argues that the philosophy of science doesn’t have to be useful to scientists for it to be useful to humanity.

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