Article ID: CBB001252225

Mario Bunge, Systematic Philosophy and Science Education: An Introduction (2012)

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Matthews, Michael R. (Author)


Science and Education
Volume: 21, no. 10
Issue: 10
Pages: 1393-1403


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Introduction to a special issue, “Mario Bunge: Evaluations of His Systematic Philosophy”
Language: English

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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Includes Series Articles

Article Agassi, Joseph (2012) Between the Under-Labourer and the Master-Builder: Observations on Bunge's Method. Science and Education (pp. 1405-1418). unapi

Article Cordero, Alberto (2012) Mario Bunge's Scientific Realism. Science and Education (pp. 1419-1435). unapi

Article Mahner, Martin (2012) The Role of Metaphysical Naturalism in Science. Science and Education (pp. 1437-1459). unapi

Article Arthur, Richard T. W. (2012) Virtual Processes and Quantum Tunnelling as Fictions. Science and Education (pp. 1461-1473). unapi

Article Slezak, Peter (2012) Mario Bunge's Materialist Theory of Mind and Contemporary Cognitive Science. Science and Education (pp. 1475-1484). unapi

Article Seni, Dan Alexander (2012) Do the Modern Neurosciences Call for a New Model of Organizational Cognition?. Science and Education (pp. 1485-1506). unapi

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). unapi

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). unapi

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). unapi

Article Wan, Poe Yu-ze (2012) Analytical Sociology: A Bungean Appreciation. Science and Education (pp. 1545-1565). unapi

Article Marquis, Jean-Pierre (2012) Mario Bunge's Philosophy of Mathematics: An Appraisal. Science and Education (pp. 1567-1594). unapi

Article Cavallo, Andrew M. (2012) On Mario Bunge's Definition of System and System Boundary. Science and Education (pp. 1595-1599). unapi

Article Bunge, Mario (2012) Does Quantum Physics Refute Realism, Materialism and Determinism?. Science and Education (pp. 1601-1610). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Nye, Mary Jo
Matthews, Michael R.
Kaiser, David Isaac
Calemi, Francesco
Arrighi, Claudia
Vinogradov, E. V.
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Philosophers of science, modern
Physics
Biographies
Quantum mechanics
Philosophy
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
Places
France
Europe
Latin America
Argentina
Japan
Italy
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