Abstract

This book collects Stephen Toulmin's thoughts about philosophical cosmology as it has developed over the past thirty years. The development shows three distinct phases. Representing the first phase is Part 1 of the book entitled "Scientific Mythology". Part 2 is entitled "A Consideration of Cosmologists". And his latest thinking is developed in Part 3, "The Future of Cosmology: Postmodern Science and Natural Religion." The last part is the most interesting, and is surely the reason for the book. Because of it, the book's title is an honest one.