Scottish Philosophy and British Physics, 1750-1880: A Study in the Foundations of the Victorian Scientific Style

Olson, Richard

ISBN 10: 0691081425 / ISBN 13: 9780691081427

Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, (1975), 1975

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Very Good, internally clean, solid hard cover copy in a Good Plus complete but worn dust jacket. The jacket has a couple of small tears.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scottish Philosophy and British Physics, 1750-1880: A Study in the Foundations of the Victorian Scientific Style
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, (1975)
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691081425
• ISBN 13: 9780691081427
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion and Philosophy
  • Science, Mathematics

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Synopsis

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-Poincaré interpretation of British scientific style and the reassessment of the extent of Kantian influence on British physics.

Originally published in 1975.

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