The Philosophy of Science

Laboratory scientist Dean Radin explains that because scientific study involves getting into details, scientists have difficulty maintaining a wider perspective in the laboratory. Because scientists aren't typically trained in the philosophy or history of science, Dean says they don't usually think on a daily basis about how the particular thing they're studying fits into the larger context of our evolution, though such a view would be helpful, he says.

Dean Radin, Ph.D., is a researcher and author in the field of parapsychology. His professional career has focused on experimentally exploring far reaches of human consciousness, primarily phenomena like intuition, gut feelings and psi phenomena. He is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, in Petaluma, California, and on the Adjunct Faculty at Sonoma State University. Dean's research has been featured in numerous magazines and he has appeared on several radio and television programs. He is the author of Entangled Minds and The Conscious Universe. Full bio and links »