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Scottish philosophy and British physics, 1740-1870
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. Th...
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Princeton University Press
2015
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| author | Olson, Richard S |
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| description | 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 t |
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| spelling | cern-20099882021-04-21T20:21:10Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2009988engOlson, Richard SScottish philosophy and British physics, 1740-1870Physics in General 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 tPrinceton University Pressoai:cds.cern.ch:20099882015 |
| spellingShingle | Physics in General Olson, Richard S Scottish philosophy and British physics, 1740-1870 |
| title | Scottish philosophy and British physics, 1740-1870 |
| title_full | Scottish philosophy and British physics, 1740-1870 |
| title_fullStr | Scottish philosophy and British physics, 1740-1870 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scottish philosophy and British physics, 1740-1870 |
| title_short | Scottish philosophy and British physics, 1740-1870 |
| title_sort | scottish philosophy and british physics, 1740-1870 |
| topic | Physics in General |
| url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2009988 |
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