The relationship between Philosophy and Science

puppy cat

I've to write an essay on the relationship between Philosophy and Science. (DBS part time degree in Psychology)

We've been told to reference one of our recommended readings. So basically "What does it all mean?" by Thomas Nagel, but of course I can't get my hands on the book as they're all out of the library.

So does anyone have any pointers on how to get started on the essay in the meantime? I should be able to get my hands on a copy of Nagel by the end of this week but the essay is due tomorrow week! :eek:

And there's no need to point out that I've left it pretty late to make a start

Ostrom

A short history of natural philosophy might work for context - are you writing on a particular author? Hawking makes some comments on Newtons Principia in brief history of time that might be a good starting point. Nicholas Callan held the chair of Natural Philosophy in Maynooth until the mid 18th century, so examples like that might be useful to chart the transition from natural philosophy to positive science. The same might work with the history of political economy-quantitative economics.

edit - didn't see that it was due a few days ago, how did it go?

conchubhar1

http://books.google.com/books?id=iBpGvhKP670C&pg=PT17&dq=What+does+it+all+mean+nagel&as_brr=3&client=safari&cd=1#v=onepage&q=What%20does%20it%20all%20mean%20nagel&f=false

there is two pages useful in that link - try jstor etc?? local library? classmates?