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19How the Mind-World Problem Shaped the History of Science: A Historiographical Analysis of Edwin Arthur Burtt's The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science Part IIStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 83 133-143. 2020.This manuscript, divided into two parts, provides a contextual and historiographical analysis of Edwin Arthur Burtt's classic The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science. My discussion corroborates the sparse technical literature on Burtt (Moriarty, 1994; Villemaire, 2002), positioning his work in the aftermath of American idealism and the rise of realist, pragmatist and naturalist alternatives. However, I depart from the existing interpretations both in content and focus. Disagreein…Read more
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84How the Mind-World Problem Shaped the History of Science: A Historiographical Analysis of Edwin Arthur Burtt's The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science Part IStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 83 121-132. 2020.This manuscript, divided into two parts, provides a contextual and historiographical analysis of Edwin Arthur Burtt's classic The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science. My discussion corroborates the sparse technical literature on Burtt (Moriarty, 1994; Villemaire, 2002), positioning his work in the aftermath of American idealism and the rise of realist, pragmatist and naturalist alternatives. However, I depart from the existing interpretations both in content and focus. Disagreein…Read more
Konstantinos Chatzigeorgiou
University of Glasgow
Glasgow International College
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Glasgow International CollegeTutor In Statistics and Social Science
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
20th Century American Pragmatism, Misc |
History of Science |
Philosophy of History |
Philosophy of Science, Misc |
Areas of Interest
Metaphilosophy |
Philosophy of Social Science |
Sociology of Science |