Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future - Kuhn, Robert Lawrence (Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007)
What is closer to truth? -- Is science fiction science? -- Why is music so significant? -- Is consciousness an illusion? -- How does the autistic brain work? -- Does psychiatry have a split personality? -- Who gets to validate alternative medicine? -- Microbes, friend or foe? -- Testing new drugs : are people guinea pigs? -- How does order arise in the universe? -- How weird is the cosmos? -- Is the universe full of life? -- Will computers take a quantum leap? -- How does basic science support national security? -- Can religion withstand technology? -- Can we believe in both religion and science?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Research -- Philosophy; Scientists -- Psychology; Critical thinking; Science -- History