The Review of Metaphysics, December 1st, 1998
SCHLAGEL, Richard H. From Myth to Modern Mind. A Study of the Origins and Growth of Scientific Thought. Volume I: Theogony through Ptolemy. Volume II: Copernicus through Quantum Mechanics. American University Studies, Series 5: Philosophy, vol. 170. Volume 1: New York: Peter Lang, 1995. xii + 498 pp. Paper, $45.95. Volume 2: New York: Peter Lang, 1996. xii + 580 pp. Paper, $45.95--Ever since Auguste Comte articulated his Law of the Three Stages, positivism has maintained a stranglehold on the history and philosophy of science. Despite significant repudiations of this view, there remains a tend...
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