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Nature 455, 884-885 (16 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/455884a; Published online 15 October 2008
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Philosophy of science: Theories of almost everything
P.-M. Binder1
Abstract
A provocative contribution to the logic of science extends the theorems of Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing, and bears on thinking about prediction, the standard model of particles, and quantum gravity.
Since 1620, when Francis Bacon's Novum Organum set out the basic guidelines, the task of science has been to condense multiple observations into brief, general descriptions of natural phenomena. This process, called induction, helps us understand and predict the world around us.
- P.-M. Binder is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA, and at the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Texas, Austin.
Email: pbinder@hawaii.edu
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