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What is Philosophy of Science?M. M. W. - 1934 - Philosophy of Science 1 (1):1-4.details
Philosophy of science is the organized expression of a growing intent among philosophers and scientists to clarify, perhaps unify, the programs, methods and results of the disciplines of philosophy and of science. The examination of fundamental concepts and presuppositions in the light of the positive results of science, systematic doubt of the positive results, and a thorough-going analysis and critique of logic and of language, are typical projects for this joint effort. It is not necessary to be committed to a (...) belief that science and philosophy are or should be one, or else that "never the twain shall meet." If anything, there is to be expected a wholesome regard for the value of established science in furnishing a foil for philosophy and a check on its old extravagances. This does not mean that even the best-established science may not be subject to most devastating criticism by analysis of its foundations. In fact, despairing of the philosophy of the schools, science has done it largely for itself. The theories of gravitation, atomicity, electro-magnetism, evolution, relativity and quanta have all arisen through drastic revisions of complacent fundamental "truths.". (shrink)
The Heritage of Kant. Edited by George Tapley Whitney and David F. Bowers Princeton University Press, 426 pages, $4.50. - The Kantian Philosophy of Space. By Christopher Browne Garnett Jr., Columbia University Press, 287 pages, $3.50. - On Hegel's Critique of Kant. By Josef Maier. Columbia University Press, 108 pages, $1.50. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1940 - Philosophy of Science 7 (1):132-133.details
G. W. F. Hegel in 19th Century Philosophy
Immanuel Kant in 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Book Review:Unresting Cells R. W. Gerard. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1941 - Philosophy of Science 8 (3):393-.details
Book Review:Metaphysics in Modern Times D. W. Gotshalk. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1940 - Philosophy of Science 7 (4):507-.details
Russell. [REVIEW]M. B. W. - 1982 - Review of Metaphysics 36 (1):190-192.details
This is a tough-minded book, written in a clear, even-toned, flat and uncompromising style. There are no concessions to time and place: all is a matter of true premises and valid argument. Sainsbury presents Russell's arguments in a manner always cogent, usually lucid and occasionally with remarkable insight. More perhaps than in other volumes in this series, the arguments are not only of the philosopher at hand, but pre-eminently for professional philosophers. The arguments are for the most part those adduced (...) by Russell in support of his doctrines of logical atomism and hence for various claims about language, knowledge, and the world. Sainsbury has deliberately chosen to limit his discussion to these topics, thus omitting reference to Russell's moral and political philosophy and to some topics in philosophical psychology. The choice was a useful one, enabling Sainsbury to trace themes beginning in chapters on "Meaning," "Names," "Descriptions," and "The Perfect Language," to those on "Knowledge," "Ontology," and "Mathematics.". (shrink)
Book Review:From Max Weber; Essays in Sociology H. H. Gerth, C. W. Mills. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1947 - Philosophy of Science 14 (2):173-.details
Philosophy of Social Science, Misc in Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Social Science, Miscellaneous in Philosophy of Social Science
Vicious Pleasures [Articles Tr. From the Fr. By W.M.T.].Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi & M. T. W. - 1896details
A General Schema for Natural Systems (Nature Considered as a Function of Types of Selectivity and of Modes of Selection). By Irwin Biser. 155 pages. Westbrook Publishing Co., Phila. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1939 - Philosophy of Science 6 (3):378-378.details
A History of American Philosophy. By Herbert W. Schneider, Columbia University Press, New York, 646 pp. $4.50. - American Philosophic Addresses 1700–1900. Edited by Joseph L. Blau, Columbia University Press, New York, 762 pp. $6.75. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1947 - Philosophy of Science 14 (2):173-174.details
A New Budget of Paradoxes.M. M. W. - 1935 - Philosophy of Science 2 (3):386-386.details
Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum.M. W., Carolo Schenkl, Ioannes Muller & Ferdinandus Meister - 1887 - American Journal of Philology 8 (3):360.details
De Gladiatura Romana Quaestiones Selectae.M. W. & Paul Jonas Meier - 1882 - American Journal of Philology 3 (10):231.details
Die Lateinische Partikel Ut.M. W. & Bastian Dahl - 1882 - American Journal of Philology 3 (10):229.details
De Tribus Pseudacronianorum Scholiorum Recensionibus.M. W., Riccardus Kukula & Thomas Stangl - 1884 - American Journal of Philology 5 (2):256.details
Essays in the Philosophy of History. [REVIEW]M. W. - 1966 - Review of Metaphysics 20 (1):149-149.details
Lamartine and Romantic Unanism. By A. J. George. Columbia University Press, New York, 200 pages, $2.25. - Philosophy in the Poetry of Edwin Arlington Robinson. By E. Kaplan. Columbia University Press, New York, 162 pages, $2.25. - Nature in the German Novel of the Late 18th Century. By C. L. Hornaday. Columbia University Press, New York, 221 pages, $2.25. - Adversity's Noblemen. By C. E. Trinkaus. Columbia University Press, New York, 172 pages, $2.00. - The Promise of Scientific Humanism. By O. L. Reiser. Oskar Piest, New York, 364 pages, $4.00. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1941 - Philosophy of Science 8 (1):102-103.details
Livy, Books XXIII and XXIV.M. W. & G. C. Macaulay - 1885 - American Journal of Philology 6 (4):500.details
Editorial: Where Is Philosophy of Science?M. M. W. - 1938 - Philosophy of Science 5 (2):111-.details
Philosophy of Chemistry, Misc in Philosophy of Physical Science
The New Paradoxer.M. M. W. - 1934 - Philosophy of Science 1 (1):130-.details
"A New Budget of Paradoxes" will be a section of our Journal devoted to the pathological. It is not mere amusement. The old "Budget of Paradoxes," edited by Augustus De Morgan is our model both for choice of material and for humaneness toward the Don Quixotes of Thought.
Ordinary Language. [REVIEW]M. W. - 1964 - Review of Metaphysics 17 (4):638-638.details
Ovid, Tristia, Book I.M. W. & S. G. Owen - 1887 - American Journal of Philology 8 (1):99.details
The Appeal to Immediate Experience. By Robert D. Mack King's Crown Press, New York, 86 pp., $1.25.M. M. W. - 1945 - Philosophy of Science 12 (3):227-228.details
Tour d'Horizon Philosophique. By Matila C. Ghyka, Librairie Gallimard, 197 pp. - The Geometry of Art and Life. By Matila Ghyka, Sheed and Ward, New York, 174 pp. $4.00. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1947 - Philosophy of Science 14 (2):174-174.details
The Roots and Stems of Words in the Latin Language Explained and Illustrated with Examples.M. W. & John Wentworth Sanborn - 1887 - American Journal of Philology 8 (1):99.details
Book Review:Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control Walter A. Shewhart, W. E. Deming. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1940 - Philosophy of Science 7 (3):386-.details
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics in Philosophy of Physical Science
Book Review:The Nature of the Atom G. K. T. Conn; The Nature of Crystals A. G. Ward; The Wave Nature of the Electron G. K. T. Conn; The Cyclotron W. B. Mann. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1940 - Philosophy of Science 7 (3):387-.details
Book Review:Theory of Valuation John Dewey. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1939 - Philosophy of Science 6 (4):490-.details
John Dewey in 20th Century Philosophy
Book Review:Perpetual Peace Immanuel Kant. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1939 - Philosophy of Science 6 (3):381-.details
International Law in Philosophy of Law
Kant's Works in Practical Philosophy, Misc in 17th/18th Century Philosophy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Oratio pro Archia.M. W. & Emile Thomas - 1883 - American Journal of Philology 4 (2):228.details
Book Review:Science in Your Life John Pfeiffer; Picture of Health James Clarke; Getting and Spending Mildred Adams; Who Are These Americans? Paul B. Sears; Which Way America? Lyman Bryson. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1940 - Philosophy of Science 7 (3):386-.details
Book Review:Crystalline Enzymes John H. Northrop. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1939 - Philosophy of Science 6 (3):382-.details
Book Review:Psychological Issues Robert S. Woodworth. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1940 - Philosophy of Science 7 (1):133-.details
Language, Logic and God. [REVIEW]M. W. W. - 1961 - Review of Metaphysics 14 (4):723-723.details
An exploration of the implications of logical positivism and linguistic philosophy for modern Christian theology. Recent attempts to analyze theological language are sympathetically and clearly presented. Ferré argues that the language itself, the language-using agent, and the referent must all be considered in every theological context.--W. M. W.
Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Miscellaneous in Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosophy of Linguistics in Philosophy of Language
Book Review:The Prospects of Philosophy John J. Rolbiecki. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1940 - Philosophy of Science 7 (2):263-.details
An Atheist's Values.M. W. - 1966 - Review of Metaphysics 20 (2):375-376.details
An attempt to answer the question, What things are good? Although the subjectivist doctrine that value judgments are appraisals and not descriptions is adopted, the discussion is not restricted to metaethical questions, for Robinson also defends the idea that moral choices are true or false and then proceeds to state and defend his own choices under the categories of personal and political goods. His fundamental choice is to seek to decrease human misery. In the light of this he finds life, (...) beauty, truth, and reason to be great personal goods, while conscientiousness is less good than is usually thought, and religion is evil. Political goods include equality, freedom, tolerance, and democracy. Though he calls himself a liberal, the author's views in this realm would scarcely be accepted by most of those who claim that title in Britain and the United States today. Careful attention is given to definition of the various values discussed, and to sorting out various different meanings which are often confused.—M. W. (shrink)
The Number of Gods in Philosophy of Religion
The Nature of Physical Knowledge. [REVIEW]M. W. W. - 1961 - Review of Metaphysics 14 (4):728-728.details
A symposium presented in 1959 which includes essays by P. W. Bridgman, A. Grunbaum, A. Landé, H. Margenau, and others. It shows how difficult it is for philosophers and scientists to find a common ground for discussion. --W. M. W.
The Knowledge Argument in Philosophy of Mind
Editorial Notes and News.M. L. W. - 1925 - The Classical Review 39 (3-4):49-50.details
Media Ethics in Applied Ethics
Book Review:Chemistry in Relation to Biology and Medicine with Especial Reference to Insulin and Other Hormones John Jacob Abel. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1939 - Philosophy of Science 6 (3):382-.details
Book Review:The Authoritarian Attempt to Capture Education John Dewey, Sidney Hook, Arthur E. Murphy, Irwin Edman, Bruce Bliven. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1947 - Philosophy of Science 14 (1):103-.details
Book Review:The Appeal to Immediate Experience Robert D. Mack. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1947 - Philosophy of Science 14 (1):103-.details
Plato.M. W. - 1964 - Review of Metaphysics 17 (3):487-487.details
Plato in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
M. Tulli Ciceronis ad M. Brutum Orator.M. W. & John Edwin Sandys - 1886 - American Journal of Philology 7 (2):247.details
Book Review:Empirical Philosphies of Religion James Alfred Martin, Jr. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1947 - Philosophy of Science 14 (1):103-.details
The Philosophy of Malebranche. [REVIEW]M. W. - 1964 - Review of Metaphysics 17 (4):633-633.details
Nicolas Malebranche in 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Bibliography of John Dewey. By M. H. Thomas, Columbia University Press, New York. 246 pages, $3. - The Origin of Submarine Canyons. By D. Johnson, Columbia University Press, New York. 126 pages, $2.50. - Nature in the German Novel of the Late Eighteenth Century. By C. L. Hornaday, Columbia University Press, New York. 221 pages, $2.25. - Philosophy in the Poetry of Edwin Arlington Robinson. By Estelle Kaplan. Columbia University Press. 162 pages, $2.25. - The March of Medicine. Edited by the Committee on Lectures to the Laity of the N. Y. Academy of Medicine. Columbia University Press, New York. 168 pages, $2.00. - The 1938 Mental Measurements Yearbook. By O. K. Buros, Rutgers University Press. 415 pages $3. - Psychology and the Cosmic Order, 185 pages; Logic and the Cosmic Order, 92 pages; God and the Cosmic Order, 157 pages. Three books by Louis F. Anderson, Society for the Elucidation of Religious Principles, New York. - Cosmo-Retardation. By I. Ziporyn, Dexter Publishing Co., Detroi. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1940 - Philosophy of Science 7 (3):387-388.details
The Explanatory Gap in Philosophy of Mind
Book Review:Soviet Philosophy John Somerville. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1947 - Philosophy of Science 14 (2):172-.details
Herder's Social and Political Thought: From Enlightenment to Nationalism.M. W. - 1966 - Review of Metaphysics 20 (1):146-146.details
Herder's thought is presented as well advanced beyond his times, if often disorganized and confused. To contrast his ideas with those of more traditional eighteenth century political thought, the latter is described in terms of the mechanical models it embodies, while the organic and teleological categories of the former are stressed in discussing his answers to the questions of one and many, causation, motion, and power in their political contexts. As much attention is given to Herder's philosophies of history and (...) education as to his social and political thought in the usual sense, and the subtitle is distinctly misleading, since Herder's views on nationalism, involving the basic themes of self-determination and Volksgeist, are only one of many areas of thought presented to the reader. The book is lacking in any apparent embodiment of the organic unity which is one of its themes. A rather extensive bibliography is included.—M. W. (shrink)
Johann Gottfried Herder in 17th/18th Century Philosophy
The Historian and the Believer: The Morality of Historical Knowledge and Christian Belief.M. W. - 1967 - Review of Metaphysics 20 (3):543-543.details
The first four chapters are devoted to an analysis of the network of problems falling under the "faith and history" rubric and to a restatement of Ernst Troeltsch's canons of historical methodology which is free from the dispute over metaphysical presuppositions. The attempt to achieve this by speaking of the morality of historical judgment instead of analyzing historical method is rendered radically ambiguous in that the ideals and duties of the new morality gain their content only by an overt appeal (...) to the same scientific world-view which rendered Troeltsch too metaphysical. The last four chapters are devoted to critique of twentieth century Protestant theologies in their attempts to come to grips with the historical revolution and to the author's own solution to the problem which is developed dialectically out of the positions he criticizes. These include dialectical theology, the so-called new quest of the historical Jesus, and positions which Harvey identifies as "hard" and "soft" perspectivism, attributing them to Alan Richardson and H. Richard Niebuhr.—M. W. (shrink)
Epistemology of Specific Domains in Epistemology
Mental States and Processes in Philosophy of Mind
The Hidden God.M. W. - 1966 - Review of Metaphysics 20 (2):379-379.details
Divine Hiddenness in Philosophy of Religion
Book Review:"Truth" as Conceived by Those Who Are Not Professional Philosophers Arne Ness. [REVIEW]M. M. W. - 1939 - Philosophy of Science 6 (3):379-.details
Deep Ecology in Philosophy of Biology