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On knowing--the natural sciences

This text is a transcription of a course, including both lectures and student discussions, taught by McKeon. It provides an introduction to McKeon's conception of pluralism, a central aspect of neo-Pragmatism, while demonstrating how pluralism works in a classroom setting.
Print Book, English, 1994
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1994
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xiv, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780226560267, 9780226560274, 0226560260, 0226560279
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1. An Introduction to Philosophic Problems
2. Philosophic Problems in the Natural Sciences
3. Motion: Method
4. Motion: Method (Part 2) and Principle
5. Motion: Interpretation
6. Motion: Selection
7. Motion: Selection (Part 2)
8. Space: Time: Method, Interpretation, and Principle
9. Time: Method, Interpretation, and Principle
10. Summary: Interpretation, Method, and Principle
Appendix B: Selected Lecture Notes on Necessity, Probability, and Nature
Appendix C: Selected Lecture Notes on Democritus and the Sophists
Appendix D: Selected Lecture Notes on Cause
Appendix E: Complete Lecture Notes for Lecture 10
Appendix F: Discussion Notes For Einstein
Appendix G: Final Examinations
Appendix H: Schema of Philosophic Semantics