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- Explores the fascinating life story of one of the most celebrated modern scientific philosophers
- Examines the intellectual spheres of the last century from a personal and professional perspective
- Offers insightful life lessons for any aspirational academics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Biographies (SPRINGERBIOGS)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
To go through the pages of the Autobiography of Mario Bunge is to accompany him through dozens of countries and examine the intellectual, political, philosophical and scientific spheres of the last hundred years. It is an experience that oscillates between two different worlds: the different and the similar, the professional and the personal.
It is an established fact that one of his great loves was, and still is, science. He has always been dedicated to scientific work, teaching, research, and training men and women in multiple disciplines. Life lessons fall like ripe fruit from this book, bringing us closer to a concept, a philosophical idea, a scientific digression, which had since been uncovered in numerous notes, articles or books.
Bunge writes about the life experiences in this book with passion, naturalness and with a colloquial frankness, whether they be persecutions, banishment, imprisonment, successes, would-be losses, emotions, relationships, debates, impressions or opinions about people or things.
In his pages we pass by the people with whom he shared a fruitful century of achievements and incredible depths of thought. Everything is remembered with sincerity and humor.
This autobiography is, in truth, Bunge on Bunge, sharing everything that passes through the sieve of his memory, as he would say.
Mario’s many grandchildren are a testament to his proud standing as a family man, and at the age of 96 he gives us a book for everyone: for those who value the memories that hold the trauma of his life as well as for those who share his passion for science and culture. Also, perhaps, for some with whom he has had disagreements or controversy, for he still deserves recognition for being a staunch defender of his convictions.
Reviews
“This 500-page Memoirs is a delightful and informative read, not just about the life of Bunge, but about much of twentieth century philosophy of science. … This is a lovely account of what constitutes a good school science teacher; and it is doubtful if, after the subsequent millions of educational publications, anything better and clearer has been written. If transposed to the university level, and elaborated, it well-fits Mario Bunge the physicist-philosopher as revealed in these Memoirs.” (Michael R. Matthews, Science and Education, Vol. 25, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Mario Bunge
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Between Two Worlds
Book Subtitle: Memoirs of a Philosopher-Scientist
Authors: Mario Bunge
Series Title: Springer Biographies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29251-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29250-2Published: 11 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80522-1Published: 27 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29251-9Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2365-0613
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0621
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 496
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Popular Science in Humanities / Arts, History of Philosophy, Modern Philosophy