An intimate relation

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Springer, Dordrecht

1989

523 Pages

ISBN 978-94-010-7546-6

Boston studies in the philosophy of science
vol. 116

An intimate relation

studies in the history and philosophy of science presented to Robert E. Butts on his 60th birthday

Edited by

James Robert Brown , Jürgen Mittelstrass

The best philosophy of science during the last generation has been highly historical; and the best history of science, highly philosophical. No one has better exemplified this intimate relationship between history and philosophy than has Robert E. Butts in his work. Through out his numerous writings, science, its philosophy, and its history have been treated as a seamless web. The result has been a body of work that is sensitive in its conception, ambitious in its scope, and illuminat ingin its execution. Not only has his work opened new paths of inquiry, but his enthusiasm for the discipline, his encouragement of others (particularly students and younger colleagues), and his tireless efforts to build an international community of scholars, have stimulated the growth of HPS throughout Europe and North America. Many of the essays in this volume reflect that influence. Our title, of course, is deliberately ambiguous. The essays herein are by colleagues and former students, all of us wishing to honour an intimate friend. Happy Birthday, Bob! IX INTRODUCTION The essays herein cover a variety of concerns: from Descartes to reduction, from Galileo to gambling, from Freud's psychoanalysis to Kant's thing-in-itself. But under this diversity there is an approach common to them all. Things are largely done with a concern for and a sensitivity to historical matters (including contemporary history, of course).

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2327-0

Full citation:

Brown, J. , Mittelstrass, J. (eds) (1989). An intimate relation: studies in the history and philosophy of science presented to Robert E. Butts on his 60th birthday, Springer, Dordrecht.

Table of Contents

Apologia pro simplicio

Pitt Joseph C.

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