Book ID: CBB000201527

Peirce's Scientific Metaphysics: The Philosophy of Chance, Law and Evolution (2002)

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Reynolds, Andrew S. (Author)


Vanderbilt University Press


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: xii + 228 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description “Peirce's vision of an indeterministic and evolutionary cosmology is contrasted with the thought of … scientists and philosophers, such as James Clerk Maxwell, Ludwig Boltzmann, William Thomson, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, and Ernst Haeckel.” (from publisher's web page)


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Review Martí, Oscar R. (2003) Review of "Peirce's Scientific Metaphysics: The Philosophy of Chance, Law and Evolution". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 787). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Franks, Paul
Ma, Minghui
John J. Stuhr
Brady, Michael
Tugnoli Pattaro, Sandra
Ramhartera, Esther
Concepts
Philosophy
Logic
Pragmatism; instrumentalism
Psychology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
United States
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