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What We Believe But Cannot Prove : ウィキペディア英語版 | What We Believe But Cannot Prove
''What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty'' is a non-fiction book edited by literary agent John Brockman with an introduction by novelist Ian McEwan and published by Harper Perennial. The book consists of various responses to a question posed by the Edge Foundation, with answers as short as one sentence or as long as a few pages.〔Dizikes, Peter. (June 11, 2006) (Science Chronicle ) ''New York Times''. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.〕 Among the 107 published contributors are such notable scientists and philosophers as Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Jared Diamond, Rebecca Goldstein, Steven Pinker, Sir Martin Rees and Craig Venter. Some contributions weren't published, including those by Benoit Mandelbrot and computer scientist John McCarthy. However theirs are among 120 responses available online. == Overview == Each year, the Edge Foundation poses a question on its website to members of the "third culture", defined by Brockman as "those scientists and other thinkers...who, through their work and expository writing, are taking the place of the traditional intellectual in rendering visible the deeper meanings of our lives, redefining who and what we are".〔Brockman, John. (1991) (The Third Culture ) Edge Foundation. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.〕 In 2005, the Edge foundation asked, "Great minds can sometimes guess the truth before they have either the evidence or arguments for it (Diderot called it having the "esprit de divination"). What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it? The essays and answers posted there make up the book. They are loosely grouped by subject area, though with no clear subject divisions.
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