Science a Road to Wisdom Collected Philosophical Studies
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EVER T W. BETH
SCIENCE A ROAD TO WISDOM Collected Philosophical Studies
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
DOOR WETENSCHAP TOT WIJSHEID. VERZAMELDE WIJSGERIGE STUDIEN
First published in 1964 by Van Gorcum & Comp. N. V., Assen, Holland Translated /rom the Dutch by Peter Wesly
ISBN 978-94-017-5694-5 ISBN 978-94-017-6012-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-6012-6 1968 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland in 1968. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1968
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without permission from the publisher
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
References to Dutch scholars and publications have sometimes been omitted when this did not affect the continuity of the argument. Dutch titles have been omitted in both parts of the Bibliography unless they are referred to in the translation. The book by Halmos replaces a Dutch introduction to set theory. I am greatly indebted to Miss Veronique Kroon for expert assistance in improving the English of the translation. The remaining imperfections are probably the cases where I did not follow her advice.
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CONTENTS
TRANSLA TOR'S NOTE
V
FOREWORD
IX
PREFACE
XI
I. SCIENCE AS A CULTURAL FACTOR
(1948)
1
11. NATURAL SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, AND PERSUASION
(1956)
11
111. MET APHYSICS AND SCIENCE
(1946)
21
IV. SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY: ITS AIMS AND MEANS
(1948)
29
V. NIEUWENTYT'S SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
(1954)
35
VI. SYMBOLIC LOGIC AS A CONTINUATION OF TRADITIONAL FORMAL LOGIC
(1939)
42
VII. SO ME REFLECTIONS ON CAUSALITY VIII. SCIENCE A ROAD TO WISDOM IX. MODERNISM IN SCIENCE
(1955)
(1961)
X. MATHEMATICS AND MODERN ART XI. IN RETROSPECT
(1960)
XII. FREEDOM OF OPINION
(1955)
(1964)
62 69 76
(1962)
86 95 106
BIBLIOGRAPHY
113
INDEX OF NAMES
117
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
120
VII
FOREWORD
A few days before his death my husband requested me to write a few words of thanks on the publication of this collection of articles. He had already prepared the greater part ofthe volume for the press and had also decided on the title Science a Road 10 Wisdom. His original selection was somewhat more comprehensive, which is still partly reflected in the Preface. Knowing how much he wished to see this collection published, I respectfully and lovingly fulfil his request, thanking Else M. Barth and J. J. A. Mooij for their extensive and expert care in putting the final touches to the volume. ADDITION TO THE TRANSLATION
Finally, I wish to thank Peter G. E. Wesly for his willingness to undertake the translation of the book into English.
c. P. c. BETH-PASTOOR
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PREFACE
In this republication of a number of philosophical studies I have refrained from including articles of a specialized nature on symbolic logic and the methodology of the exact sciences. There was no cause to include my contributions towards the didactics of mathematics and physics, nor did I consider it appropriate to reprint
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