
Does ultimate truth exist? | Rupert Sheldrake, Güneş Taylor, Peter Atkins, Hilary Lawson
Philosophy For Our Times
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From string theory to the big bang, black holes are increasingly conveyed through metaphor. So should we see scientific metaphors as real descriptions of an underlying universe? Or are they instead just marketing vehicles for sets of mathematical equations? Joining us to debate reality, fantasy and metaphor is Gonet taylor, a research fellow at the francis creek institute,. ginash taylor, scientist and author. Rupert sheldrake, chemist and writer of popular works of science, peter atkins and post post modern philosopher hilary lawson.
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