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Olson, Richard George was born on November 4, 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Henry and Lenore Marie (Dickhudt) Olson.
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Historians of science have long been intrigued by the impact of disparate cultural styles on the science of a given country and time period. Richard Olson's book is a case study in the interaction between philosophy and science as well as an examination of a particular scientific movement. The author investigates the methodological arguments of the Common Sense philosophers Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Brown, and William Hamilton and the possible transmission of their ideas to scientists from John Playfair to James Clerk Maxwell. His findings point out the need for modifications to the Duhem-Poincaré interpretation of British scientific style and the reassessment of the extent of Kantian influence on British physics. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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( Richard Olson's magisterial two-volume work, Science De...)
Richard Olson's magisterial two-volume work, Science Deified and Science Defied asks how, why, to what extent, and with what consequences scientific ideas have influenced Western culture. In Volume 2, Olson turns to Cartesianism and the extension of mathematical and mechanical philosophies that branched into every aspect of seventeenth-century thought.
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Olson, Richard George was born on November 4, 1940 in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Henry and Lenore Marie (Dickhudt) Olson.
Bachelor of Science, Harvey Mudd College, 1962; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1967.
Instructor, Tufts U., 1966-1967; assistant professor, then associate professor, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1967-1976; professor of history, J. Willard Kieth fellow in humanities, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, since 1976.
( Richard Olson's magisterial two-volume work, Science De...)
( Historians of science have long been intrigued by the i...)
( Historians of science have long been intrigued by the i...)
(Book by Olson, Richard)
(Book by Olson, Richard)
Member History of Science Society (secretary-treasurer West Coast branch 1977-1979, chair commission on honors and prizes since 1994).