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  1. Does Philosophy Matter? The Urgent Need for a Philosophical Revolution

    Article • April 2023, Qeios Ltd

    Nicholas Maxwell

  2. Improve Popper and Procure a Perfect Simulacrum of Verification Indistinguishable from the Real Thing

    Article • Journal for General Philosophy of Science, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  3. Aim-Oriented Empiricism and the Metaphysics of Science

    Article • Philosophia, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  4. Can universities save us from disaster?

    Article • On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures, May 2017, Emerald

    Nicholas Maxwell

  5. Relativity Theory may not imply that spacetime exists

    Article • December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  6. What’s Wrong with Aim-Oriented Empiricism?

    Article • Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, December 2015, Department of International Relations

    Nicholas Maxwell

  7. Transforming academia to help create a better, wiser world

    Article • On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures, February 2014, Emerald

    Nicholas Maxwell

  8. Liberal education in crisis? Rejoinder by Maxwell

    Article • On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures, February 2014, Emerald

    Nicholas Maxwell

  9. Three Criticisms of Newton’s Inductive Argument in the Principia

    Article • Advances in Historical Studies, January 2014, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Nicholas Maxwell

  10. Theoretical Unity Persists Through Scientific Revolutions: Thomas Kuhn is Wrong

    Article • Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  11. Knowledge or wisdom?

    Article • The Philosophers Magazine, January 2013, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Nicholas Maxwell

  12. Wisdom: Object of Study or Basic Aim of Inquiry?

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  13. Taking the Nature of God Seriously

    Article • November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  14. Wisdom: Object of Study or Basic Aim of Inquiry?

    Article • October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  15. Arguing for Wisdom in the University: An Intellectual Autobiography

    Article • Philosophia, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  16. In Praise of Natural Philosophy: A Revolution for Thought and Life

    Article • Philosophia, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  17. Replies to Criticisms and Comments

    Article • Dialogue and Universalism, January 2012, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Nicholas Maxwell

  18. The Menace of Science without Civilization

    Article • Dialogue and Universalism, January 2012, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Nicholas Maxwell

  19. Looking for ultimate explanations in the wrong place

    Article • Metascience, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  20. Three Philosophical Problems about Consciousness and their Possible Resolution

    Article • Open Journal of Philosophy, January 2011, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Nicholas Maxwell

  21. Is the Quantum World Composed of Propensitons?

    Article • September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  22. Reply to Comments on Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom

    Article • Philosophia, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  23. Wisdom-inquiry

    Article • The Philosophers Magazine, January 2010, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Nicholas Maxwell

  24. Muller’s Critique of the Argument for Aim-Oriented Empiricism

    Article • Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  25. The Role of Metaphysics in Science

    Article • International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Nicholas Maxwell

  26. From knowledge to wisdom: the need for an academic revolution

    Article • London Review of Education, July 2007, Institute of Education Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  27. EDITORIAL

    Article • London Review of Education, July 2007, Institute of Education Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  28. Knowledge to Wisdom: We Need a Revolution

    Article • Philosophia, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  29. Chapter 12: Special Relativity, Time, Probabilism and Ultimate Reality

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Nicholas Maxwell

  30. Popper, kuhn, lakatos and aim-oriented empiricism

    Article • Philosophia, May 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  31. Science under attack

    Article • The Philosophers Magazine, January 2005, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Nicholas Maxwell

  32. A Revolution for Science and the Humanities

    Article • Dialogue and Universalism, January 2005, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Nicholas Maxwell

  33. Is Science Neurotic?

    Article • December 2004, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Nicholas Maxwell

  34. Universities need to help humanity create a wiser world.

    Article • Metaphilosophy, October 2004, Wiley

    Nicholas Maxwell

  35. Science represses problematic assumptions concerning metaphysics, values and politics

    Article • January 2004, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Nicholas Maxwell

  36. The Comprehensibility of the Universe

    Article • January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  37. A New Conception of Science

    Article • January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  38. . The Failings of Standard Empiricism

    Article • January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  39. Comprehensibility

    Article • January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  40. Simplicity

    Article • January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  41. Induction

    Article • January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  42. Evidence, Progress, and Discovery

    Article • January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  43. Quantum Theory

    Article • January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  44. Do philosophers love wisdom?

    Article • The Philosophers Magazine, January 2003, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Nicholas Maxwell

  45. Two Great Problems of Learning

    Article • Teaching in Higher Education, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Nicholas Maxwell

  46. Is Science Neurotic?

    Article • Metaphilosophy, April 2002, Wiley

    Nicholas Maxwell

  47. Science and meaning

    Article • The Philosophers Magazine, January 2002, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Nicholas Maxwell

  48. Weinert's Review of ‘The Comprehensibility of the Universe’

    Article • Philosophy, April 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  49. A new conception of science

    Article • Physics World, August 2000, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Nicholas Maxwell

  50. The Mind–Body Problem and Explanatory Dualism

    Article • Philosophy, January 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  51. A Philosopher Struggles to Understand Quantum Theory: Particle Creation and Wavepacket Reduction

    Article • January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  52. Particle creation as the quantum condition for probabilistic events to occur

    Article • Physics Letters A, May 1994, Elsevier

    Nicholas Maxwell

  53. On Relativity Theory and Openness of the Future

    Article • Philosophy of Science, June 1993, University of Chicago Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  54. Does Orthodox Quantum Theory Undermine, or Support, Scientific Realism?

    Article • The Philosophical Quarterly, April 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  55. Part Two: Aim-oriented Empiricism and Scientific Essentialism

    Article • The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, January 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  56. Induction and Scientific Realism: Einstein Versus van Fraassen Part One: How to Solve the Problem of Induction

    Article • The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, January 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  57. Are Probabilism and Special Relativity Compatible?

    Article • Philosophy of Science, December 1988, University of Chicago Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  58. Quantum Propensiton Theory: A Testable Resolution of the Wave/Particle Dilemma

    Article • The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, January 1988, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  59. Theoretical choices

    Article • Nature, May 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  60. The fate of the enlightenment: Reply to Kekes

    Article • Inquiry, January 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Nicholas Maxwell

  61. Are Probabilism and Special Relativity Incompatible?

    Article • Philosophy of Science, March 1985, University of Chicago Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  62. Instead of particles and fields: A micro realistic quantum ?smearon? theory

    Article • Foundations of Physics, June 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  63. Science, reason, knowledge, and wisdom: A critique of Specialism

    Article • Inquiry, March 1980, Taylor & Francis

    Nicholas Maxwell

  64. Peirce's philosophy of science

    Article • Endeavour, January 1980, Elsevier

    Nicholas Maxwell

  65. Articulating the aims of science

    Article • Nature, January 1977, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  66. Toward a microrealistic version of quantum mechanics. Part II

    Article • Foundations of Physics, December 1976, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  67. Toward a micro realistic version of quantum mechanics. Part I

    Article • Foundations of Physics, June 1976, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nicholas Maxwell

  68. The Rationality of Scientific Discovery Part II: An Aim Oriented Theory of Scientific Discovery

    Article • Philosophy of Science, September 1974, University of Chicago Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  69. The Rationality of Scientific Discovery Part I: The Traditional Rationality Problem

    Article • Philosophy of Science, June 1974, University of Chicago Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  70. The Problem of Measurement—Real or Imaginary?

    Article • American Journal of Physics, August 1973, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  71. A New Look at the Quantum Mechanical Problem of Measurement

    Article • American Journal of Physics, October 1972, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  72. A Critique of Popper's Views on Scientific Method

    Article • Philosophy of Science, June 1972, University of Chicago Press

    Nicholas Maxwell

  73. Clash of Ideas

    Article • Nature, May 1971, Nature

    Nicholas Maxwell

  74. Reviews

    Article • The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, January 1971, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  75. Reviews

    Article • The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, January 1969, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  76. Understanding sensations

    Article • Australasian Journal of Philosophy, August 1968, Taylor & Francis

    Nicholas Maxwell

  77. Can there be Necessary Connections between Successive Events?

    Article • The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, January 1968, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  78. PHYSICS AND COMMON SENSE

    Article • The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, January 1966, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nicholas Maxwell

  79. Replies and Reflections

    Article • De Gruyter

    Nicholas Maxwell

  80. Selected Publications of Nicholas Maxwell

    Article • De Gruyter

    Nicholas Maxwell

  81. We Need an Academic Revolution

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Nicholas Maxwell

  82. How Humanity Might Avoid Devastation

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Nicholas Maxwell

  83. How Can Life of Value Best Flourish in the Real World?

    Article • De Gruyter

    Nicholas Maxwell

  84. Wisdom Mathematics

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Nicholas Maxwell

  85. Popper's Paradoxical Pursuit of Natural Philosophy

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Nicholas Maxwell