Background
Wallace, William Augustine was born on May 11, 1918 in New York City. Son of William Augustine and Louise Cecilia (Teufel) Wallace.
( As the new millennium approaches, our scientific knowle...)
As the new millennium approaches, our scientific knowledge of the universe surpasses that of any previous age. Yet, paradoxically, the philosophy of science movement is now in disarray. The collapse of logical empiricism and the rise of historicism and social constructivism have effectively left all of the sciences without an epistemology. The claims of realism have become increasingly difficult to justify, and, for many, the only alternatives are probabilism, pragmatism, and relativism. But the case is not hopeless. According to William A.Wallace, a return to a realist concept of nature is plausible and, indeed, much needed. Human beings have a natural ability to understand the world in which they live. Many have suggested this understanding requires advanced logic and mathematics. Wallace believes that nature can more readily be understood with the aid of simple modeling techniques. Through an ingenious use of iconic and epistemic models, Wallace guides the reader through the fundamentals of natural philosophy, explaining how the universe is populated with entities endowed with different natures― inorganic, plant, animal, and human. Much of this knowledge is intuitive, already in people's minds from experience, education, and exposure to the media. Wallace builds on this foundation, making judicious use of cognitive science to provide a model of the human mind that illuminates not only the philosophy of nature but also the logic, psychology, and epistemology that are prerequisite to it. With this background, Wallace sketches a history of the philosophy of science and how it has functioned traditionally as a type of probable reasoning. His concern is to go beyond probability and lay bare the epistemic dimension of science to show how it can arrive at truth and certitude in the various areas it investigates. He completes his study with eight case studies of certified scientific growth, the controversies to which they gave rise, and the methods by which they ultimately were resolved. The Modeling of Nature provides an excellent introduction to the fundamentals of natural philosophy, psychology, logic, and epistemology. William A. Wallace has taught philosophy of science at the University of Maryland since 1988. For twenty-five years prior to that, he taught both the philosophy and history of science at The Catholic University of America. He served with distinction as a naval officer during World War II, following which he entered the Dominican Order, being ordained a priest in 1953. He has published sixteen books and more than three hundred scholarly articles. ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
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( William A. Wallace demonstrates the importance of two e...)
William A. Wallace demonstrates the importance of two early manuscripts of Galileo dismissed by earlier researchers as juvenile exercises. Analyzing all his scientific writings from the late 1580s to 1610 and from 1610 to 1640, this book illuminates both the sources and the evolution of Galileo's thought. Originally published in 1984. 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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(The conventional opposition of scholastic Aristotelianism...)
The conventional opposition of scholastic Aristotelianism and humanistic science has been increasingly questioned in recent years, and in these articles William Wallace aims to demonstrate that a progressive Aristotelianism in fact provided the foundation for Galileo's scientific discoveries. The first series of articles supply much of the documentary evidence that has led the author to the sources for Galileo's early notebooks: they show how Galileo, while teaching or preparing to teach at Pisa, actually appropriated much of his material from Jesuit lectures given at the Collegio Romano in 1598-90. The next articles then trace a number of key elements in Galileo's later work, mainly relating to logical methodology and natural philosophy, back to sources in medieval Aristotelian thought, notably in the writings of Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas. La mise en opposition conventionnelle entre l'aristotelisme scolastique et la science humaniste a ete de plus en plus remise en question durant les dernieres annees. Tout au long de ces articles, William Wallace tente de demontrer que l'aristotelisme progressif a en fait pourvu le fondement des decouvertes scientifiques de Galilee. Le premier groupe d'articles fournit la plupart des preuves documentees qui ont mene l'auteur aux sources des premiers cahiers de notes de Galilee; on y voit comment celui-ci, alors qu'il enseignait, ou s'appretait a enseigner a Pise, s'etait en fait approprie quantite de donnees issues de cours magistraux jesuites qui avaient ete donnes au Collegio Romano entre 1588 et 90. Les etudes suivantes retracent a leur tour un certain nombre d'elements-clef des travaux ulterieurs de Galilee, se rapportant plus particulierement a la methodologie logique et a la philosophie naturelle, jusqu'a leurs sources dans la pensee aristotelicienne du Moyen Age, notamment dans les ecrits d'Albert le Grand et de Thomas d'Aquin.
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(The author presents in this single volume a complete summ...)
The author presents in this single volume a complete summary of philosophy and its history, specially designed for the student majoring in philosophy or the seminarian who needs philosophical knowledge for his work in theology. The book is keyed to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, where fuller expositions and bibliographies of the topics treated may be found. The work is divided into three parts, the first two being systematic and the third historical. Part I summarizes the basic content of what is called scholastic philosophy, logic, natural philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, epistemology, natural theology, and ethics. Part II surveys the more recent philosophies of the specialized disciplines, that is, the various humanities and sciences, from language and art to social and political thought. Part III gives a synoptic account of the history of philosophy, from the beginnings of the discipline to its most contemporary developments. The presentation is simple and clear, yet it is accurate and completely authoritative.
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Philosophy and history educator
Wallace, William Augustine was born on May 11, 1918 in New York City. Son of William Augustine and Louise Cecilia (Teufel) Wallace.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College, 1940. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Manhattan College, 1975. Master of Science in Physics, Catholic University America, 1952.
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University Freiburg, Switzerland, 1959. STD, University Freiburg, Switzerland, 1962. Lector of Sacred Theology, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, 1954.
Master of Sacred Theology, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, 1967. Doctor of Science (honorary), Providence College, 1973. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Molloy College, 1974.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Fairfield University, 1986.
Electrical engineer, Consolidated Edison, New York City, 1940-1941;
research engineer, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Washington, 1941-1943;
lector philosophy, Dominican House of Philosophy, Dover, Massachusetts, 1954-1962;
philosophy editor, New Catholic Encyclopedia, Washington, 1962-1965;
research associate, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-1967;
regent of studies, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, 1967-1970;
professor philosophy and history, Catholic U. American, Washington, 1970-1988;
professor emeritus, Catholic U. American, Washington, since 1988;
professor philosophy, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1988. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1976-1977. Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington, 1983-1984.
Director general Leonine Commission, Washington, 1976-1987.
(The conventional opposition of scholastic Aristotelianism...)
(The author presents in this single volume a complete summ...)
(Can it be true that Galilean studies will be without end,...)
(Can it be true that Galilean studies will be without end,...)
( As the new millennium approaches, our scientific knowle...)
(Paperback, No missing or torn, pages)
(realist point of view)
( William A. Wallace demonstrates the importance of two e...)
( William A. Wallace demonstrates the importance of two e...)
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy, 1941-1946, PTO. Member American Catholic Philosophical Association (president 1969-1970, Aquinas medal 1983), History of Science Society (member council 1974-1977, 88-91), Philosophy of Science Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.