SCOTTISH PHILOSOPHY AND BRITISH PHYSICS, 1740-1870 by Richard Stewart Olson ( 9780691617947 )

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SCOTTISH PHILOSOPHY AND BRITISH PHYSICS, 1740-1870
A STUDY IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE VICTORIAN SCIENTIFIC STYLE

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Richard Stewart Olson

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0691617945

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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

16 February, 2015

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Princeton Legacy Library

Pages:

360

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Historians of science have long been intrigued by the impact of disparate cultural styles on the science of a given country and time period. Richard Olson's book is a case study in the interaction between philosophy and science as well as an examination of a particular scientific movement.The author investigates the methodological arguments of the Common Sense philosophers Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Brown, and William Hamilton and the possible transmission of their ideas to scientists from John Playfair to James Clerk Maxwell.His findings point out the need for modifications to the Duhem-Poincare interpretation of British scientific style and the reassessment of the extent of Kantian influence on British physics.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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