Can We Ever Know How Much We Don't Know?: Philosophical Reflections on Science, Spirituality, Wisdom and Ignorance

Part I: Revisiting the Construal of Science Section A: Issues of Rationality/Methodology 1. Intuition – An Interface between Mysticism and Science 2. Some Observations on Observation in Philosophy of Science: An Attempt to Realize the Need to Go Beyond Science 3. Reasonableness: The Defining Characteristic of Human Beings 4. Rationality 5. Rationality (Reasonableness) in Science 6. The Role of Reasonableness in the Construal of Human Fullness - A Philosophy of Science Perspective 7. Is Popper Proper? – Reflections on Popper’s Views on Inductive Reasoning in Science 8. Inductive Reasoning – A Thorn in the Flesh? Implications of Inductive Reasoning for Natural Sciences and Human Lives Section B: Considerations of Values/Morality 9. Are Values Valuable in Science? - A Kuhnian Perspective 10. Struggles of Science and Relevance of Religion 11. Healing Ministry and Palliative Care in Christianity 12. Nanotechnology and the Risk of Scientism – Philosophy of Science Perspectives Section C: Contemplations on Consciousness/Mind 13. Mysticism and Quantum Physicists: Friends or Foes? 14. Dissent: A Demand for Ascent An Essential Lesson from the Existential Nature of Science 15. A Complete Construal of Consciousness – Comprehensible? Some Reflections on the Understanding Human Consciousness 16. Artificial Intelligence: Intelligent, Yet Artificial Reflections on Interfacing Philosophy and AI 17. Mathematics: A Mesmerizing Mystery Part II: Insights, Implications andInstructions of the New Construal Section D: For Science 18. Learning to Learn – Dudley Shapere’s Invitation to Learn from the Contemporary Science 19. Science as a Hermeneutical Enterprise – Implications for India, Science and Humanity 20. Mr. Stephen Hawking, Who Is That “Tailor”? - Reflections on Hawking’s Ideas on God Section E: For Spirituality 21. Why Do You (not) Laugh When I Crack a Joke? - Some Existential Reflections from Physical and Metaphysical Perspectives 22. Meaning and Meaningfulness of Life. …