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Maxalding (originally called Maxaldo) was a name created from those of the founders, Maxick and Monte Saldo (Alfred Montague Woollaston), and first came into being in 1909. Maxick was an Austrian strongman. He was born in Bregenz in Austria on 28 June 1882, [1] and moved to Britain in 1909, where he met Saldo.
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Sidney Morgenbesser was born on September 22, 1921, in New York City and raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side. [1] [2]Morgenbesser undertook philosophical study at the City College of New York (B.S.S., 1942) and rabbinical study at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (B.J.P., 1941).
The history and philosophy of science (HPS) is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many scholars in the field are trained primarily as either historians or as philosophers, there are degree-granting departments of HPS at several prominent universities.
Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science , the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultimate purpose and meaning of science as a human endeavour.
Practical philosophy is also the use of philosophy and philosophical techniques in everyday life. This can take a number of forms including reflective practice, personal philosophical thinking, and philosophical counseling. Examples of philosophical counseling subjects include: Philosophical counseling; Philosophy of education; Philosophy of law
Mary Hesse was born in Reigate, Surrey, to Ethelbert (Bertie) Thomas Hesse and Brenda Hesse (née Pelling). [2]From 1949, she studied at Imperial College London, where she received a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1945, followed by a PhD in electron microscopy in 1948. [2]
A philosophical discipline ceases to be philosophy and becomes a science once definite knowledge of its topic is possible. In this sense, philosophy is the midwife of the sciences. Philosophy itself makes no progress because the newly created science takes all the credit. [1]