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Liberty and the pursuit of knowledge : Charles Renouvier's political philosophy of science / Warren Schmaus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schmaus, Warren, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renouvier, Charles, 1815-1903.
- Renouvier, Charles.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 154 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Renouvier's place in nineteenth-century French thought
- Renouvier's critique of Comtean positivism
- Renouvier and mathematics
- Renouvier on evolution
- Kant, free will, and the social contract
- Hypothesis and convention in Renouvier's philosophy of science
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-147) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822945352
- 0822945355
- OCLC:
- 1032031444
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