Science, Philosophy, and Human Behavior in the Soviet Union
Author | : Loren R. Graham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 565 |
Release | : 1987-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 023106442X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780231064422 |
Rating | : 4/5 (422 Downloads) |
Download or read book Science, Philosophy, and Human Behavior in the Soviet Union written by Loren R. Graham and published by . This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soviet philosophy of science - dialectical materialism - is an area of intellectual endeavor that engages thousands of specialists in the Soviet Union but passes almost entirely unnoticed in the West. It is true that a few Western authors have examined Soviet discussions of individual problems in philosophy of science, such as philosophical issues of biology, or psychology; nonetheless, no one else in the last twenty-five years has tried to study in detail the relationship of dialectical materialism to Soviet science as a whole. It is an unusual experience, rewarding yet worrisome, to be the only scholar making this endeavor.