CCL: Who is the best philosopher(s) of science now?

[Konrad Hinsen <hinsen],[cnrs-orleans.fr>]

 Sent to CCL by: Konrad Hinsen [hinsen^-^cnrs-orleans.fr]
 On 02.10.2009, at 09:54, andras.borosy**givaudan.com wrote:
>  My favourite is (even if he is already dead): August Comte
>  "Every attempt to employ mathematical methods in
>  the study of chemical questions must be considered
>  profoundly irrational and contrary to the spirit
>  of chemistry.... if mathematical analysis should
>  ever hold a prominent place in chemistry -- an
>  aberration which is happily almost impossible --
>  it would occasion a rapid and widespread
>  degeneration of that science."
>  http://home.att.net/~quotations/science.html
>  I would happy, if someone might send me it in French!
 It's in his "Cours de philosophie positive":
http://books.google.com/books?id=X3YrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=Auguste+Comte+mathématique+chimie+aberration&source=bl&ots=-eJPQafuY7&sig=FQrAtyZnQQarEKlt3JziphSCBpM&hl=en&ei=3uzFSvLTIpyc_Aaa9eSVCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v
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