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This 2007 book proposes answers to questions central to the philosophy of science by building on classical solutions.

Perhaps the most famous proposition in the history of philosophy is Descartes’, cogito ‘, I think, therefore I am’, . Husain Sarkar claims in this provocative interpretation of Descartes that the ancient tradition of reading the cogito as an argument is mistaken. It should, he says, be read as an intuition. Through this interpretative lens, the author reconsiders key Cartesian topics: the ideal inquirer, the role of clear and di...

Under what conditions is a group of scientists rational? How would rational scientists collectively agree to make their group more effective? What sorts of negotiations would occur among them and under what conditions? What effect would their final agreement have on science and society? These questions have been central to the philosophy of science for the last two decades. In this book, Husain Sarkar proposes answers to them by building on cl...

The Toils of Understanding is wide ranging. The central theme is that understanding is essential if the individual and society are to be saved

A provocative interpretation of Descartes that claims the cogito should be read as an intuition.