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Heelan, Patrick Aidan was born on March 17, 1926 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Matthew Henry and Pauline (Beirens) Heelan.
( Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philos...)
Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philosophy of science and philosophy of nature, Patrick Heelan concludes that perception is a cognitive, world-building act, and is therefore never absolute or finished.
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(Quantum mechanics has raised in an acute form three probl...)
Quantum mechanics has raised in an acute form three problems which go to the heart of man's relationship with nature through experimental science: (r) the public objectivity of science, that is, its value as a universal science for all investigators; (2) the empirical objectivity of scientific objects, that is, man's ability to construct a precise or causal spatio-temporal model of microscopic systems; and finally (3), the formal objectivity of science, that is, its value as an expression of what nature is independently of its being an object of human knowledge. These are three aspects of what is generally called the "crisis of objec tivity" or the "crisis of realism" in modern physics. This crisis is. studied in the light of Werner Heisenberg's work. Heisenberg was one of the architects of quantum mechanics, and we have chosen his writings as the principal source-material for this study. Among physicists of the microscopic domain, no one except perhaps Bohr has expressed himself so abundantly and so profoundly on the philosophy of science as Heisenberg. His writings, both technical and non-technical, show an awareness of the mysterious element in scientific knowledge, far from the facile positivism of Bohr and others of his contemporaries. The mystery of human knowledge and human SUbjectivity is for him an abiding source of wonder.
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Heelan, Patrick Aidan was born on March 17, 1926 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Matthew Henry and Pauline (Beirens) Heelan.
Student, Belvedere College, 1938-1942; Bachelor, University College, Dublin, 1947; Master of Arts, University College, Dublin, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, St. Saint Louis University, 1952; Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Jesuit Theological Faculty, Dublin, 1959; student, Princeton University, 1960-1962; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Louvain, 1964.
Ordained priest, Society Jesus, Roman Catholic Church, 1958; lecturer mathematics physics, University College, Dublin, 1964-1965; research associate, Dublin Institute Advanced Studies, 1952-1954, 64-65; assistant professor philosophy, Fordham University, 1965-1967; associate professor, Fordham University, 1967-1970; professor philosophy, department chairman, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1970-1974; acting vice president liberal studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1975-1977; vice president liberal studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1977-1979; professor philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1979-1992; dean humanities and fine arts, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1990-1992; executive vice president, Georgetown University, Washington, 1992-1995; William Gaston professor philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, since 1995; external appraiser philosophy and arts and science programs, U. Western Ontario, Lowell U., John Carroll U., San Diego State University.
(Quantum mechanics has raised in an acute form three probl...)
( Drawing on the phenomenological tradition in the philos...)
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Catholic Philosophical Association (council 1973-1975), Center for Integrative Education (council 1972-1974), American Philosophical Association (program committee Eastern section 1975, nominating committee 1988), Philosophy Science Association, British Society Philosophy Science, Society Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, New York Academy of Sciences, International Organization for Hermeneutics and Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.