Reason and Being
Kuznetsov, B. G.. Ed(S): Fawcett, Carolyn R.; Cohen, Robert S.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Fawcett, Carolyn R.; Cohen, Robert S. Translator(s): Visson, Lynn. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 464 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Boris Kuznetsov was a scientist among humanists, a philosopher among scientists, a historian for those who look to the future, an optimist in an age of sadness. He was steeped in classical European culture, from earliest times to the latest avant-garde, and he roamed through the ages, an inveterate time-traveller, chatting and arguing with Aristotle and Descartes, Heine and Dante, among many others. Kuznetsov was also, in his intelligent and thoughtful way, a Marxist scholar and a practical engineer, a patriotic Russian Jew of the first sixty years of the Soviet Union. Above all he meditated upon the revolutionary developments ... Read more
Boris Kuznetsov was a scientist among humanists, a philosopher among scientists, a historian for those who look to the future, an optimist in an age of sadness. He was steeped in classical European culture, from earliest times to the latest avant-garde, and he roamed through the ages, an inveterate time-traveller, chatting and arguing with Aristotle and Descartes, Heine and Dante, among many others. Kuznetsov was also, in his intelligent and thoughtful way, a Marxist scholar and a practical engineer, a patriotic Russian Jew of the first sixty years of the Soviet Union. Above all he meditated upon the revolutionary developments ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401085397
SKU
V9789401085397
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Reviews for Reason and Being
`...the editors deserve warm thanks for making one of Kuznetsov's most important books available to readers of English in a form worthy of its substance.' ISIS, Vol. 79, No. 1, 1988