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19Some Highlights of Modern Cosmology and CosmogonyReview of Metaphysics 5 (3). 1952.One of the more important cosmological consequences of Einstein's general theory of relativity is the hypothesis that our universe may either expand or contract with time. Relativistic cosmogony is concerned with those phases of this process which belong to the past. We begin with a digest of cosmogonic developments.
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18Some Recent Writings in the Philosophy of MathematicsReview of Metaphysics 5 (2). 1951.Maziarz proposes to offer "a solution that meets the requirements of recent developments in mathematics" as well as to chart "the course of its historical development." The leitmotiv of his entire treatment is the doctrine of abstraction. Says he: "...mathematics...in common with all sciences...arises through the mental action of abstraction from sense data," and again, "pure mathematics is a speculative science which originates from the mental action of formal abstraction from things." More spe…Read more
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17Is Object Relations Theory Better Founded than Orthodox Psychoanalysis?Journal of Philosophy 80 (1): 46-51. 1983.
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17A New Critique Of Theological Interpretations Of Physical CosmologyVienna Circle Institute Yearbook 8 269-288. 2001.This paper is a sequel to my “Theological Misinterpretations of Current Physical Cosmology”. It draws on portions of my earlier but goes beyond it and modifies the overlapping portions.
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15Modern Science and Zeno's Paradoxes.Geometry and Chronometry in Philosophical PerspectivePhilosophical Quarterly 20 (80): 296. 1970.
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11Critique of Freud's Notion of Mental IllnessIn Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka & Evandro Agazzi (eds.), Life Interpretation and the Sense of Illness Within the Human Condition, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 57--70. 2001.
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10Modern Science and Zeno's Paradoxes of MotionIn Wesley Charles Salmon (ed.), Zeno’s Paradoxes, Bobbs-merrill. pp. 200--250. 1970.
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8Is psychoanalysis viable?In William T. O'Donohue & Richard F. Kitchener (eds.), The Philosophy of Psychology, Sage Publications. pp. 281. 1996.
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7Psychological IssuesInternational Universities Press. 1959."Well over one half of this brilliant new Monograph constitutes a major sequel to Professor Grunbaum's highly influential 1984 book The Foundations of Psychoanalysis: A Philosophical Critique, which was labeled "magisterial" by Frank J. Sulloway, and "the most important book ever written on Freud's status as a scientist" by J. Allan Hobson. The importance of the present Monograph lies in the extent to which the author now goes beyond that earlier volume to offer new original ideas on fundamental…Read more
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5Wesley C. Salmon 1925-2001: A Symposium Honoring His Contributions to the Philosophy of Science-Wesley Salmon's Intellectual Odyssey and Achievements (review)Philosophy of Science 71 (5): 922-925. 2004.Opening Remarks of the Chairman at “Wesley C. Salmon, 1925–2001”: A Symposium Honoring his Contributions to the Philosophy of Science.
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2Modern Science and the Refutation of the Paradoxes of ZenoIn Wesley Charles Salmon (ed.), Zeno’s Paradoxes, Bobbs-merrill. pp. 164--175. 1970.
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2Motivation and Explanation: An Essay on Freud's Philosophy of ScienceNigel MackayIsis 83 (1): 175-176. 1992.
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2Observation and Theory in Science. With an Introduction by Stephen F. BarkerThe Johns Hopkins Press. 1971.
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1Collected Works, Volume II: Philosophy of Physics, Time, and Space (edited book)Oxford University of Press. forthcoming.
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1Zeno's Metrical Paradox of ExtensionIn Wesley Charles Salmon (ed.), Zeno’s Paradoxes, Bobbs-merrill. pp. 176--199. 1970.
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1Der Mythos kausaler Rückkopplung in der klassischen ElektrodynamikAllgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie 4 (1): 1-39. 1979.
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La creazione nella cosmologia fisica: uno pseudo-problema o una verità superiore?Nuova Civiltà Delle Macchine 8 (4): 13-23. 1990.
Adolf Grunbaum
(1923 - 2018)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
19th Century Philosophy |
20th Century Philosophy |
Philosophy of Physical Science |