Towards the Uncertain by Bryan Magee (Univ. of London)

In a world where there is no more absolute thruths in any science the author is in favour of the return to the traditional practice in Philosophy.

The Methaphysical Basis of Science by Craig Dilworth (Uppsala Univ.)

Modern science consists esentially in the aplication of particular metaphysical principles to various aspects of the real world: the principle of the uniformity of nature; the principle of the perpetuity of sustance, the principle of casuality.

Speculation: wild and sound by Mario Bunge (McGill University)

There is no original research without guessing or speculation. However, in science there are constraints on speculation: the latter must harmonize with the bulk of background knowledge and it must be testable in some way or other. In other words, it is false that in science "anything goes", as epistemological anarchism claims.

Paul Feyerabend's Cultural-Anarchist Epistemology by M.A. Paz y Mino (Univ. de San Marcos)

It is exposed some basic concepts of this controversial Philosopher born in Vienna (1924-1994) in relation to people's and experts' participations in their communities, to scientificism as an ideology similar to magic and religion, etc. with some commentaries and discussions.

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