Kalil Oldham's Physics Talk - Track List & Companion Guide.

   1. On the purpose of Science vs. Philosophy
   2. Synopsis of his dissertation topic
   3. A modest answer to the question of what Science can do
   4. The first people to limit the range of Science, an influential 
      Physicist
   5. Mutual influences between different Scientists & Philosophers
   6. What's interesting about these books
   7. The influential Physicist's determinations about Science are 
      reflected in his associate's textbooks & why this shift in the 
      purpose of Science is interesting
   8. Are they co-opting all areas of knowledge?  Shall we view them 
      generously or ungenerously?
   9. Metaphysics is a dirty word Ð movements to rescue to notion 
      of metaphysics
  10. Effects of this shift in dialogue are seen in 20th Century Science
  11. What the positivist movement allowed for was that . . .
  12. . . . I can have a theory about something . . .
  13. . . . without having to actually believe in it!
  14. String theory goes against the positivist movement Ð a return 
      to metaphysics
  15. Frustrated with experimental physics
  16. The drama of the super-conducting supercollider
  17. God particle Ð science is about Truth.
  18. A modest position can distance you from controversy
  19. On the Science Wars Ð the battle between Scientists & everybody else
  20. The Scientist not as a plodding experimenter but as a sophisticated 
      cultural figure
  21. What's (still) interesting about these books (expanded version)

      Interview conducted by Erica Gangsei - 2006