Nicholas Maxwell
University College London
Emeritus, Philosophy
United Kingdom
My Publications
Can universities save us from disaster?
On the Horizon
May 2017
Relativity Theory may not imply that spacetime exists
December 2016
What’s Wrong with Aim-Oriented Empiricism?
Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum
December 2015
Transforming academia to help create a better, wiser world
On the Horizon
February 2014
Liberal education in crisis? Rejoinder by Maxwell
On the Horizon
February 2014
Three Criticisms of Newton’s Inductive Argument in the Principia
Advances in Historical Studies
January 2014
Theoretical Unity Persists Through Scientific Revolutions: Thomas Kuhn is Wrong
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
August 2013
Knowledge or wisdom?
The Philosophers Magazine
January 2013
Wisdom: Object of Study or Basic Aim of Inquiry?
January 2013
Taking the Nature of God Seriously
November 2012
Wisdom: Object of Study or Basic Aim of Inquiry?
October 2012
Arguing for Wisdom in the University: An Intellectual Autobiography
Philosophia
May 2012
In Praise of Natural Philosophy: A Revolution for Thought and Life
Philosophia
May 2012
Replies to Criticisms and Comments
Dialogue and Universalism
January 2012
The Menace of Science without Civilization
Dialogue and Universalism
January 2012
Looking for ultimate explanations in the wrong place
Metascience
January 2011
Three Philosophical Problems about Consciousness and their Possible Resolution
Open Journal of Philosophy
January 2011
Is the Quantum World Composed of Propensitons?
September 2010
Reply to Comments on Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom
Philosophia
July 2010
Wisdom-inquiry
The Philosophers Magazine
January 2010
Muller’s Critique of the Argument for Aim-Oriented Empiricism
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
July 2009
The Metaphysics of Science: An Account of Modern Science in Terms of Principles, Laws a...
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
July 2009
From knowledge to wisdom: the need for an academic revolution
London Review of Education
July 2007
EDITORIAL
London Review of Education
July 2007
Knowledge to Wisdom: We Need a Revolution
Philosophia
November 2006
Chapter 12: Special Relativity, Time, Probabilism and Ultimate Reality
January 2006
Popper, kuhn, lakatos and aim-oriented empiricism
Philosophia
May 2005
Science under attack
The Philosophers Magazine
January 2005
A Revolution for Science and the Humanities
Dialogue and Universalism
January 2005
Is Science Neurotic?
December 2004
Universities need to help humanity create a wiser world.
Metaphilosophy
October 2004
Science represses problematic assumptions concerning metaphysics, values and politics
January 2004
The Comprehensibility of the Universe
January 2003
A New Conception of Science
January 2003
. The Failings of Standard Empiricism
January 2003
Comprehensibility
January 2003
Simplicity
January 2003
Induction
January 2003
Evidence, Progress, and Discovery
January 2003
Quantum Theory
January 2003
Do philosophers love wisdom?
The Philosophers Magazine
January 2003
Two Great Problems of Learning
Teaching in Higher Education
January 2003
Is Science Neurotic?
Metaphilosophy
April 2002
Science and meaning
The Philosophers Magazine
January 2002
Weinert's Review of ‘The Comprehensibility of the Universe’
Philosophy
April 2001
A new conception of science
Physics World
August 2000
The Mind–Body Problem and Explanatory Dualism
Philosophy
January 2000
A Philosopher Struggles to Understand Quantum Theory: Particle Creation and Wavepacket ...
January 1995
Particle creation as the quantum condition for probabilistic events to occur
Physics Letters A
May 1994
On Relativity Theory and Openness of the Future
Philosophy of Science
June 1993
Does Orthodox Quantum Theory Undermine, or Support, Scientific Realism?
The Philosophical Quarterly
April 1993
Part Two: Aim-oriented Empiricism and Scientific Essentialism
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
January 1993
Induction and Scientific Realism: Einstein Versus van Fraassen Part One: How to Solve t...
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
January 1993
Are Probabilism and Special Relativity Compatible?
Philosophy of Science
December 1988
Quantum Propensiton Theory: A Testable Resolution of the Wave/Particle Dilemma
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
January 1988
Theoretical choices
Nature
May 1986
The fate of the enlightenment: Reply to Kekes
Inquiry
January 1986
Are Probabilism and Special Relativity Incompatible?
Philosophy of Science
March 1985
Instead of particles and fields: A micro realistic quantum ?smearon? theory
Foundations of Physics
June 1982
Science, reason, knowledge, and wisdom: A critique of Specialism
Inquiry
March 1980
Peirce's philosophy of science
Endeavour
January 1980
Articulating the aims of science
Nature
January 1977
Toward a microrealistic version of quantum mechanics. Part II
Foundations of Physics
December 1976
Toward a micro realistic version of quantum mechanics. Part I
Foundations of Physics
June 1976
The Rationality of Scientific Discovery Part II: An Aim Oriented Theory of Scientific D...
Philosophy of Science
September 1974
The Rationality of Scientific Discovery Part I: The Traditional Rationality Problem
Philosophy of Science
June 1974
The Problem of Measurement—Real or Imaginary?
American Journal of Physics
August 1973
A New Look at the Quantum Mechanical Problem of Measurement
American Journal of Physics
October 1972
A Critique of Popper's Views on Scientific Method
Philosophy of Science
June 1972
Clash of Ideas
Nature
May 1971
Reviews
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
January 1971
Reviews
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
January 1969
Understanding sensations
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
August 1968
Can there be Necessary Connections between Successive Events?
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
January 1968
PHYSICS AND COMMON SENSE
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
January 1966
Replies and Reflections
Selected Publications of Nicholas Maxwell
We Need an Academic Revolution
SSRN Electronic Journal
How Humanity Might Avoid Devastation
SSRN Electronic Journal
How Can Life of Value Best Flourish in the Real World?
Wisdom Mathematics
SSRN Electronic Journal
Popper's Paradoxical Pursuit of Natural Philosophy
