Authors:Editions Rodopi, Andrea A. Rusnock,
Publisher: Rodopi Bv Editions
Keywords: wellcome, medica, institute, series, medicine, history, clio, society, jurin, james, physician, secretary, royal, correspondence
Number of Pages: 577
Published: 1996-01
List price: $67.50
ISBN-10: 9042000473
ISBN-13: 9789042000476

James Jurin (1684-1750) occupied a central place in the medical and scientific circles of Augustan and Georgian England. His dispassionate yet forceful advocacy of smallpox inoculation using an innovative statistical approach brought him widespread recognition both in Britain and abroad. He was Secretary to the Royal Society for seven years and participated vigorously in the most important scientific debates of the period. Jurin’s correspondence, recently made available to the public, provides rich material for the study of eighteenth-century natural philosophy and medicine, especially

Authors:Rodopi, Axel WUstehube, Michael Quante,
Publisher: Rodopi Bv Editions
Keywords: idealism, pragmatic
Number of Pages: 261
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 9042006625
ISBN-13: 9789042006621

The "System of Pragmatic Idealism" is of special importance for Nicholas Rescher’s philosophical work, because here he has presented the systematic approach at once. Dedicated to his 70th birthday a group of European and U.S-american philosophers discuss the main topics of Rescher’s philosophical system. The contributions which are presented here for the first time and Nicholas Rescher’s responses cover the most important topics of philosophy and give a deep anddetailed insight into the strenght of Rescher’s pragmatic idealism. This volume is of interest for philosop