Schmaus, Warren (2014) Was Renouvier as Scientifically Conservative as Comte? In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Renouvier had argued that Comte's philosophy of science yielded very conservative normative advice regarding the sciences. Fedi, Becquemont, Logue, and Mouy have suggested the same charge could be leveled at Renouvier regarding evolutionary theory, non-Euclidean geometry, and set theory. This paper shows Renouvier's views were not unreasonable given what was known at the time. Further, Renouvier had a deeper appreciation than Comte of human fallibility and did not proscribe any area of research, even those with which he disagree.
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| Keywords: | Renouvier, evolution, non-Euclidean geometry, Cantor | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Mathematics |
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| Depositing User: | Warren Schmaus | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jul 2014 20:59 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2014 20:59 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 10799 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Mathematics |
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| Date: | 27 June 2014 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10799 |
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