Joseph C. Pitt (Virginia Tech): Publications

Department of Philosophy

PhD, 1972

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Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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Understanding case studies: Tilman Sauer and Raphael Scholl : The philosophy of historical case studies . Dordrecht: Springer, 2016, , $109.00
Metascience 26 (2): 211-214. 2017.
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Hume and Peirce on Belief, or, Why Belief Should Not Be Considered an Epistemic Category
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 41 (2). 2005.

Charles Sanders Peirce Hume: Belief Hume and Other Philosophers
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The myth of science education
Studies in Philosophy and Education 10 (1): 7-17. 1990.

It is argued that the manner in which we teach science in the high schools represents an outdated positivistic conception of science. The standard presentation of a year of each of chemistry, biology and physics should be replaced by an integrated science plus history, philosophy, and sociology of science which would take a total of three years to complete. A proper appreciation for the true nature of science is essential to the continued health of the scientific enterprise.

Philosophy of Education

Joseph C. Pitt