Science and the modern mind
Subtitle: a symposium
By: edited by Gerald Holton.
Contributors: Bridgman, P. W. 1882-1961.; Frank, Philipp, 1884-1966.; Holton, Gerald James, ed.
Series: Essay index reprint series
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Freeport, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Bridgman, P. W. 1882-1961; Frank, Philipp, 1884-1966; Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Science -- Philosophy -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"These ... essays, and the ... [American Academy of Arts and Sciences] conference at which they were presented ... were assembled in honor of Dr. P. W. Bridgman and Dr. Philipp Frank on the occasion of their retirement from active teaching at Harvard University."
Table of contents: title: Introduction, by G. Holton.; title: Three eighteenth-century social philosophers: scientific influences on their thought, by H. Guerlac.; title: Science and the human comedy: Voltaire, by H. Brown.; title: The seventeenth-century legacy: our mirror of being, by G. de Santillana.; title: Contemporary science and the contemporary world view, by P. Frank.; title: The growth of science and the structure of culture, by R. Oppenheimer.; title: The Freudian conception of man and the continuity of nature, by J. S. Bruner.; title: Quo vadis, by P. W. Bridgman.; title: Prospects for a new synthesis: science and the humanities as complementary activities, by C. Morris.; title: A humanist looks at science, by H. M. Jones.