Studies in Intellectual History

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3654-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

George Boas (1891–1980) is the first of nine contributors to this volume. Boas was a professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University for over thirty years, a Guggenheim fellow, and a central figure in the Journal of the History of Ideas and the fabled History of Ideas Club.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boas, George

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Some Problems of Intellectual History
Chapter 2. The History of Ideas and Ancient Greek Philosophy
Chapter 3. The Golden Chain of Homer
Chapter 4. Language -The Basis of Science, Philosophy, and Poetry
Chapter 5. Progress and Perfectibility in Samuel Miller's Intellectual History
Chapter 6. An Historical Analysis of the Concept of Infection
Chapter 7. The Long Neglect of a Scientific Discovery: Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Chapter 8. Lovejoy's Role in American Philosophy
Chapter 9. The History of Ideas Club
Appendix A. Officers of the History of Ideas Club
Appendix B. Speakers and their Topics, 1923-1952
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Boas, George
Born in 1891 in Providence, Rhode Island, George Boas taught for many years at Johns Hopkins and was editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas from 1945 until his death in 1980. He authored 24 books, including The Major Traditions of English Philosophy, The Greek Tradition: A Symposium, Rationalism in Greek Philosophy, The Limits of Reason, and The History of Ideas: An Introduction.