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is emeritus reader in philosophy of science at University College London. He is the author of From Knowledge to Wisdom (1984) and his most recent book is The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism: A Revolution for Science and Philosophy (2019). Edited bySam Dresser There are decisive grounds for holding that we need to bring about a revolution in philosophy, a revolution in science, and then put the two together again to create a modern version of natural philosophy. Once upon a time, it was not just that philosophy was a part of science; rather, science was a branch of philosophy. We need to remember that modern science began as natural philosophy – a development of philosophy, an admixture of philosophy and science. Today, we think of Galileo, Johannes Kepler, William Harvey, Robert Boyle, Christiaan Huygens, Robert Hooke, Edmond Halley and, of course, Isaac Newton as trailblazing scientists, while we think of Francis Bacon, René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Bar

is emeritus reader in philosophy of science at University College London. He is the author of From Knowledge to Wisdom (1984) and his most recent book is The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism: A Revolution for Science and Philosophy (2019). Edited bySam Dresser There are decisive grounds for holding that we need to bring about a revolution in philosophy, a revolution in science, and then put the two together again to create a modern version of natural philosophy. Once upon a time, it was not just that philosophy was a part of science; rather, science was a branch of philosophy