E.A. Burtt, historian and philosopher : a study of the author of The metaphysical foundations of modern physical science
Burtt's book, The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science, is something of a puzzle within the context of twentieth-century intellectual history, especially American intellectual history.
History
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Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1:
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE 1920'S:
THE YOUNG RADICAL PHILOSOPHERS 7
CHAPTER 2:
THE IDEALISTS: JAMES HARVEY AND
THE GENETIC METHOD OF HISTORY, JOHN DEWEY
AND REFLECTIVE THINKING 15
CHAPTER 3:
THE REALISTS WHO SHARPENED THE
EDGES OF BURTT'S IDEAS 31
CHAPTER 4:
THE METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF
MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCE 47
CHAPTER 5:
THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PRAGMATISM 67
CHAPTER 6:
RELIGIOUS HUMANISM 83
CHAPTER 7:
BURTT'S NEW PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 95
CHAPTER 8:
THE GENESIS OF HYPOTHESIS AND THE
METAPHYSICS OF EMPIRICAL THEORY 131
CHAPTER 9:
BURTT'S NEWTON AND THE DEBATE
OVER THE RATIONALITY OF EARLY MODERN SCIENCE 155
CHAPTER 10:
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE METAPHYSICAL
FOUNDATIONS AND BURTT'S INTEREST IN THE
HISTORY OF SCIENCE 187
CHAPTER 11:
BURTT'S PHILOSOPHY AFTER 1935 197
CHAPTER 12:
A RETURN TO THE IDEAS IN THE
METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS 215