E.A. Burtt, historian and philosopher
Subtitle: a study of the author of The metaphysical foundations of modern physical science
By: by Diane Davis Villemaire.
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science ;; v. 226
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dordrecht; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Burtt, Edwin A. 1892-; Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1:; title: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE 1920'S:; title: THE YOUNG RADICAL PHILOSOPHERS 7; title: CHAPTER 2:; title: THE IDEALISTS: JAMES HARVEY AND; title: THE GENETIC METHOD OF HISTORY, JOHN DEWEY; title: AND REFLECTIVE THINKING 15; title: CHAPTER 3:; title: THE REALISTS WHO SHARPENED THE; title: EDGES OF BURTT'S IDEAS 31; title: CHAPTER 4:; title: THE METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF; title: MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCE 47; title: CHAPTER 5:; title: THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PRAGMATISM 67; title: CHAPTER 6:; title: RELIGIOUS HUMANISM 83; title: CHAPTER 7:; title: BURTT'S NEW PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 95; title: CHAPTER 8:; title: THE GENESIS OF HYPOTHESIS AND THE; title: METAPHYSICS OF EMPIRICAL THEORY 131; title: CHAPTER 9:; title: BURTT'S NEWTON AND THE DEBATE; title: OVER THE RATIONALITY OF EARLY MODERN SCIENCE 155; title: CHAPTER 10:; title: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE METAPHYSICAL; title: FOUNDATIONS AND BURTT'S INTEREST IN THE; title: HISTORY OF SCIENCE 187; title: CHAPTER 11:; title: BURTT'S PHILOSOPHY AFTER 1935 197; title: CHAPTER 12:; title: A RETURN TO THE IDEAS IN THE; title: METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS 215.