Cosmology, Cambridge Style: Wittgenstein, Toulmin, and Hawking.

ESSAYS; GRAND Design, The (Book); PHILOSOPHY & science; PHILOSOPHY & religion; HAWKING, Stephen, 1942-2018; WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, 1889-1951; TOULMIN, Stephen, 1922-2009; METAPHYSICAL cosmology

An essay is presented on the topics of science, religion and cosmology in regards to scientist Stephen Hawking's book "The Grand Design." It offers a history of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and physicist Stephen Toulmin's work and their findings in regards to the significance of science as it relates to philosophy and religion. The author describes the disagreement between Wittgenstein and Toulmin's views about science and Hawking's claims about philosophy.