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Maxwell's books have been widely reviewed. [16] His work is discussed by twelve scholars in Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom, edited by Leemon McHenry. David Miller and Maxwell had a short exchange about Aim Oriented Empiricism, which was the central thesis of Maxwell's The Comprehensibility of The Universe. [17] [18] [19] [20]
Max Cresswell Born Maxwell John Cresswell (1939-11-19) 19 November 1939 Wellington, New Zealand Died 22 September 2024 (aged 84) Alma mater Victoria University of Manchester Relatives Lyell Cresswell (brother) Era Contemporary philosophy Region Western philosophy School Analytic Thesis General and Specific Logics of Functions of Propositions (1964) Doctoral advisor G. E. Hughes, A. N. Prior ...
The following is a list of books by John C. Maxwell. His books have sold more than twenty million copies, with some on the New York Times Best Seller list. Some of his works have been translated into fifty languages. [1] By 2012, he has sold more than 20 million books. [2]
The Treatise was also reviewed as Elements of Natural Philosophy (1873). [3] Thomson & Tait's Treatise on Natural Philosophy was reviewed by J. C. Maxwell in Nature of 3 July 1879 indicating the importance given to kinematics: "The guiding idea … is that geometry itself is part of the science of motion." [4]
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) introduced the idea of the other mind in 1865 in An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, the first formulation of the other after René Descartes (1596–1650). [13] Edmund Husserl (1859–1938) applied the concept of the Other as the basis for intersubjectivity, the psychological relations among people.
John Calvin Maxwell (born February 20, 1947) is an American author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader .
There are other creatures which feature in thought experiments about philosophy. One such creature is a utility monster , a creature which derives much more utility (such as enjoyment) from resources than other beings, and hence under a strict utilitarian system would have more or all of the available resources directed to it.
Maxwell had to settle for the idea of a luminiferous aether. He wrote [ 16 ] We have therefore some reason to believe, from the phenomena of light and heat, that there is an aethereal medium filling space and permeating bodies, capable of being set in motion and of transmitting that motion from one part to another, and of communicating that ...