E.A. Burtt : historian and philosopher; a study of the author of The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science / Diane Davis Villemaire

Englisch

Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic, 2002

X,288p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1: -- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE 1920'S: -- THE YOUNG RADICAL PHILOSOPHERS 7 -- CHAPTER 2: -- THE IDEALISTS: JAMES HARVEY AND -- THE GENETIC METHOD OF HISTORY, JOHN DEWEY -- AND REFLECTIVE THINKING 15 -- CHAPTER 3: -- THE REALISTS WHO SHARPENED THE -- EDGES OF BURTT'S IDEAS 31 -- CHAPTER 4: -- THE METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF -- MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCE 47 -- CHAPTER 5: -- THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PRAGMATISM 67 -- CHAPTER 6: -- RELIGIOUS HUMANISM 83 -- CHAPTER 7: -- BURTT'S NEW PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 95 -- CHAPTER 8: -- THE GENESIS OF HYPOTHESIS AND THE -- METAPHYSICS OF EMPIRICAL THEORY 131 -- CHAPTER 9: -- BURTT'S NEWTON AND THE DEBATE -- OVER THE RATIONALITY OF EARLY MODERN SCIENCE 155 -- CHAPTER 10: -- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE METAPHYSICAL -- FOUNDATIONS AND BURTT'S INTEREST IN THE -- HISTORY OF SCIENCE 187 -- CHAPTER 11: -- BURTT'S PHILOSOPHY AFTER 1935 197 -- CHAPTER 12: -- A RETURN TO THE IDEAS IN THE -- METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS 215

*Burtt, Edwin Arthur *1892-1989*

*Burtt -- A. ; Science -- Philosophy ; Burtt, Edwin A -- (Edwin Arthur) -- 1892- ; Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: B945.B86

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