Matthews, Michael R. (Author)
Mario Bunge was born in Argentina in 1919 and is now in his mid-90s. He studied atomic physics and quantum mechanics with Guido Beck (1903--1988), an Austrian refugee and student of Heisenberg. Additionally he studied modern philosophy in an environment that was a philosophical backwater becoming the first South American philosopher of science to be trained in science. His publications in physics, philosophy, psychology, sociology and the foundations of biology, are staggering in number, and include a massive 8-volume Treatise on Philosophy. The unifying thread of his scholarship is the constant and vigorous advancement of the Enlightenment Project, and criticism of cultural and academic movements that deny or devalue the core planks of the project: namely its naturalism, the search for truth, the universality of science, the value of rationality, and respect for individuals. At a time when specialisation is widely decried, and its deleterious effects on science, philosophy of science, educational research and science teaching are recognised, and at a time when `grand narratives' are thought both undesirable and impossible---it is salutary to appraise the fruits of one person's pursuit of the `Big' scientific and philosophical picture or grand narrative. In doing so this special issue brings together philosophers, physicists, biologists, sociologists, logicians, cognitive scientists, economists and mathematicians to examine facets of Mario Bunge's systematic philosophy and to appraise its contribution to important issues in current philosophy and, by implication, education.
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Article Agassi, Joseph (2012) Between the Under-Labourer and the Master-Builder: Observations on Bunge's Method. Science and Education (pp. 1405-1418).
Article Cordero, Alberto (2012) Mario Bunge's Scientific Realism. Science and Education (pp. 1419-1435).
Article Mahner, Martin (2012) The Role of Metaphysical Naturalism in Science. Science and Education (pp. 1437-1459).
Article Arthur, Richard T. W. (2012) Virtual Processes and Quantum Tunnelling as Fictions. Science and Education (pp. 1461-1473).
Article Slezak, Peter (2012) Mario Bunge's Materialist Theory of Mind and Contemporary Cognitive Science. Science and Education (pp. 1475-1484).
Article Seni, Dan Alexander (2012) Do the Modern Neurosciences Call for a New Model of Organizational Cognition?. Science and Education (pp. 1485-1506).
Article Pickel, Andreas (2012) Between Homo Sociologicus and Homo Biologicus: The Reflexive Self in the Age of Social Neuroscience. Science and Education (pp. 1507-1526).
Article Virues-Ortega, Javier; Hurtado-Parrado, Camilo; Martin, Toby L.; Julio, Flávia (2012) Psycho-neural Identity as the Basis for Empirical Research and Theorization in Psychology: An Interview with Mario A. Bunge. Science and Education (pp. 1527-1534).
Article Deleporte, Pierre (2012) The Systemist Emergentist View of Mahner and Bunge on “Species as Individuals”: What Use for Science and Education. Science and Education (pp. 1535-1544).
Article Wan, Poe Yu-ze (2012) Analytical Sociology: A Bungean Appreciation. Science and Education (pp. 1545-1565).
Article Marquis, Jean-Pierre (2012) Mario Bunge's Philosophy of Mathematics: An Appraisal. Science and Education (pp. 1567-1594).
Article Cavallo, Andrew M. (2012) On Mario Bunge's Definition of System and System Boundary. Science and Education (pp. 1595-1599).
Article Bunge, Mario (2012) Does Quantum Physics Refute Realism, Materialism and Determinism?. Science and Education (pp. 1601-1610).
Article
Arthur, Richard T. W.;
(2012)
Virtual Processes and Quantum Tunnelling as Fictions
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Article
Michael Robert Matthews;
(2020)
Mario Bunge (1919–2020): Physicist, Philosopher, Champion of Science, and Citizen of the World
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Article
Marij van Strien;
(2020)
Pluralism and anarchism in quantum physics: Paul Feyerabend's writings on quantum physics in relation to his general philosophy of science
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Essay Review
Michael R. Matthews;
(2016)
Mario Bunge: A Long and Productive Life
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Chapter
Jean-François Stoffel;
(2017)
L’interprétation de l’«affaire Galilée» élaborée par Paul Mansion a–t–elle influencé Pierre Duhem?
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Book
Mirella Fortino;
(2017)
Pierre Duhem: Verità, ragione e metodo
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Book
Kaiser, David;
(2005)
Pedagogy and The Practice of Science: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
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Chapter
Thomas Mormann;
(2015)
From Mathematics to Quantum Mechanics – On the Conceptual Unity of Cassirer's Philosophy of Science (1907–1937)
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Article
Reichenbach, Maria Cecilia von;
(2009)
Richard Gans: The First Quantum Physicist in Latin America
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Chapter
Stefano Bordoni;
(2017)
Pierre Duhem 1891-1896. Dalla fisica teorica alla storia e filosofia della scienza
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Book
Nye, Mary Jo;
(2011)
Michael Polanyi and His Generation: Origins of the Social Construction of Science
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Book
Giovanni Vailati;
Claudia Arrighi;
Paola Cantù;
Mauro De Zan;
Patrick Suppes;
(2010)
Logic and Pragmatism: Selected Essays by Giovanni Vailati
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Book
Scott, William T.;
Moleski, Martin X.;
(2005)
Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher
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Chapter
Francesco Calemi;
(2017)
Sottodeterminazione e leggi di natura: Osservazioni sulla tesi Duhem–Quine
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Article
Kaiser, David;
(2007)
Turning Physicists into Quantum Mechanics
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Chapter
Simon Mazauric;
(2017)
Le continuisme de Duhem en questions
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Article
Vinogradov, E. V.;
(2002)
Villard Kuain: portret analiticheskogo filosofa XX veka
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Book
Lund, Matthew D.;
(2010)
N. R. Hanson: Observation, Discovery, and Scientific Change
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Article
Cordero, Alberto;
(2012)
Mario Bunge's Scientific Realism
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Article
Nye, Mary Jo;
(2002)
Michael Polanyi (1891--1976)
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