William P D Wightman
Biographic Data
| ID | 991600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William P D Wightman |
| GIVEN NAMES | William P D |
| FAMILY NAME | Wightman |
| SIGNATURE | WIGHTMAN W P D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1952 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Adam Smith: Essays on Philosophical Subjects
Journal Article Adam Smith: Essays on Philosophical Subjects Get access Adam Smith: Essays on Philosophical Subjects. Edited by W. P. D. Wightman, J. C. Bryce and I. S. Ross. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1980. Pp. ix + 358. £14.00.) Knud Haakonssen Knud Haakonssen Victoria University of Wellington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 91, Issue 362, 1 June 1981,…
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access W. P. D. WIGHTMAN W. P. D. WIGHTMAN Yarnton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCV, Issue CCCLXXVII, July 1980, Pages 897-b–898, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCV.CCCLXXVII.897-b Published: 01 July 1980
The Tyranny of Abstractions
a new law of nature was formulated in the words 'Improvement means deterioration'. Following the usual custom, it is named after its enunciator 'Hutber's law'. The fact that it was published in the Sunday telegraph may explain why it has not yet passed into the literature of the history of science. Since it may not always have been true, it may be the first of what Whitehead was prepared to call 'epochal laws'; Whitehead himself did not exclude t…
Hegel's Philosophy of Nature
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature. Edited and translated with an introduction and explanatory notes by M. J. Petry. Volume I : Introduction, Foreword and Mechanics. Volume I I : Physics. Volume I I I : Organics. (London: George Allen & Unwin. 1970. Pp. 392, 469, 422. Price £18.00 the set.) William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The P…
Report of Council for the Year 1971–2
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Science in a Renaissance Society; Science and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Renaissance is his delineation of the pervasiveness of analogical thinking in all of the sciences examined.As he sums it up, "Induction was not a discipline easily to be invented" (p.31).Professor Shumaker's volume has been very handsomely produced with some 58 illustrations, which, although not keyed into the text, are well-chosen and very instructive.It is written in his characteristically engaging style, and has a good index and a helpful note…
Short Notices
Journal Article SHORT NOTICES Get access WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN University of Aberdeen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIV, Issue CCCXXX, January 1969, Pages 180-b–181, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXX.180-b Published: 01 January 1969
Antikes und Modernes Denken in Physik und Mathematik
Book Reviews Get access Antikes und modernes Denken in Physik und Mathematik. By André Mercire. (Berlin : Duncker & Humblot. 1964. Pp. 154. Price DM 19.80). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 16, Issue 65, October 1966, Pages 410–411, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218538 Published: 01 October 1966
The Concept of Matter
Science and the Renaissance: An Introduction to the Study of the Emergence of the Sciences in the Sixteenth Century
Book Reviews Get access Science and the Renaissance : An introduction to the study of the emergence of the sciences in the sixteenth century. By W. P. D. Wightman. Aberdeen University Studies, No. 143–4. (Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd, for the University of Aberdeen. 1962. Vol. I, pp. xvi + 327, 8 plates. Vol. II, pp. xx + 293. Price 42s each vol.) P. M. Rattansi P. M. Rattansi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Isaac Newton, Historian . Frank E. Manuel
The Physical World of Late Antiquity
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Physical World of Late Antiquity. By S. Sambursky. (London : Routledge. 1962. Pp. xii + 189. Price 21s). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 54, January 1964, Pages 87–88, https://doi.org/10.2307/2955453 Published: 01 January 1964
Die Rettung der Phanomene: Ursprung und Geschichte Eines Antiken Forschungsprinzips
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Die Rettung der Phänomene : Ursprung und Geschichte eines antiken Forschungsprinzips By Jürgen Mittelstrass. (Berlin : W. de Gruyter. 1962. Pp. viii + 281. Price DM 36). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 54, January 1964, Pages 89–90, https://doi.org/10.2307/2955454 Published: 01 January …
Quid sit Methodus? “Method” in Sixteenth Century Medical Teaching and “Discovery”
Quid sit Methodus? “Method” in Sixteenth Century Medical Teaching and “Discovery” Get access WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN * Department of History and Philosophy of Science, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XIX, Issue 4, October 1964, Pages 360–376, https://doi.org/10.1093/j…
Science and the Renaissance
Forces and Fields
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Forces and Fields. By Mary B. Hesse (Edinburgh : Nelson. 1961. Pp. vii + 318. Price 35s). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 13, Issue 51, April 1963, Pages 179–180, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217202 Published: 01 April 1963
The Structure and Evolution of the Universe--An Introduction to Cosmology
Book Reviews Get access The Structure and Evolution of the Universe—An Introduction to Cosmology. By G. J. Whitrow (London: Hutchinson. 1959. Pp. 212. Price 21s). W. P. D. Wlghtman W. P. D. Wlghtman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 12, Issue 47, April 1962, Pages 189–190, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217037 Published: 01 April 1962
Note on the Teaching of History and Philosophy of Science
Philosophie Biologique
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Philosophie Biologique. By E. Callot (Paris : Doin. 1957. Pp. 358. Price 2850 fr.). Structure, Function and Purpose. By Adrian C. Moulyn. (New York : Liberal Arts Press. 1957. Pp. ix + 198. Price $4.00). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 40, July 1960, Pages 285–286, https://doi.org/10.23…
The Reach of Science
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Reach of Science. By Henryk Mehlberg. (Toronto : University of Toronto Press. London : O.U.P. 1958. Pp. xii + 356. Price 45s). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 41, October 1960, Pages 381–382, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216424 Published: 01 October 1960
Theories of the Universe
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Theories of the Universe. Edited by Milton K. Munitz (Glencoe, ILL. : Free Press. 1957. Pp. x + 437. Price $6.50). Space, Time and Creation. By Milton K. Munitz (Glencoe, ILL. : Free Press. 1957. P. x + 182. Price $3.75). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 9, Issue 35, April 1959, Pages 19…
From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe. By Alexandre Koyré. (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press. London : O.U.P. 1957. Pp. xii + 313. Price 40s). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 9, Issue 37, October 1959, Pages 381–383, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216377 Published: 01 October 1959
The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence. Edited with Introduction and Notes by H. G. Alexander. (Manchester: Manchester University Press. 1956. Pp. lvi + 200. Price 16s). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 7, Issue 28, July 1957, Pages 286–287, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216669 Published: 01 July …
The Philosophy of Science
Book Reviews Get access The Philosophy of Science. By Pravas Jivan Chaudhury. With a foreword by Professor E. A. Burtt. (Calcutta : Progressive Publishers. 1955. Pp. xiii + 182. Price 12s 6d). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 23, April 1956, Pages 187–188, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217236 Published: 01 April 1956
Note on Descartes and Psychosomatic Medicine
Adam Smith: Essays on Philosophical Subjects
Journal Article Adam Smith: Essays on Philosophical Subjects Get access Adam Smith: Essays on Philosophical Subjects. Edited by W. P. D. Wightman, J. C. Bryce and I. S. Ross. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1980. Pp. ix + 358. £14.00.) Knud Haakonssen Knud Haakonssen Victoria University of Wellington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 91, Issue 362, 1 June 1981,…
Quid sit Methodus? “Method” in Sixteenth Century Medical Teaching and “Discovery”
Quid sit Methodus? “Method” in Sixteenth Century Medical Teaching and “Discovery” Get access WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN * Department of History and Philosophy of Science, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XIX, Issue 4, October 1964, Pages 360–376, https://doi.org/10.1093/j…
The Growth of Scientific Ideas
Aberdeen University and the Royal Society
The library of Aberdeen University contains an interesting series of documents relating to early Fellows of the Royal Society. The purpose of this article is to make their existence more widely known to scholars and to give a sketch of the lives of some of the alumni of the University who were elected into the Society, which will serve as a background to the documents themselves. When the Royal Society received its Charter there were two distinct…
The Philosophy of Science
Book Reviews Get access The Philosophy of Science. By Pravas Jivan Chaudhury. With a foreword by Professor E. A. Burtt. (Calcutta : Progressive Publishers. 1955. Pp. xiii + 182. Price 12s 6d). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 23, April 1956, Pages 187–188, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217236 Published: 01 April 1956
Note on Descartes and Psychosomatic Medicine
The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence. Edited with Introduction and Notes by H. G. Alexander. (Manchester: Manchester University Press. 1956. Pp. lvi + 200. Price 16s). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 7, Issue 28, July 1957, Pages 286–287, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216669 Published: 01 July …
Theories of the Universe
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Theories of the Universe. Edited by Milton K. Munitz (Glencoe, ILL. : Free Press. 1957. Pp. x + 437. Price $6.50). Space, Time and Creation. By Milton K. Munitz (Glencoe, ILL. : Free Press. 1957. P. x + 182. Price $3.75). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 9, Issue 35, April 1959, Pages 19…
From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe. By Alexandre Koyré. (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press. London : O.U.P. 1957. Pp. xii + 313. Price 40s). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 9, Issue 37, October 1959, Pages 381–383, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216377 Published: 01 October 1959
Philosophie Biologique
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Philosophie Biologique. By E. Callot (Paris : Doin. 1957. Pp. 358. Price 2850 fr.). Structure, Function and Purpose. By Adrian C. Moulyn. (New York : Liberal Arts Press. 1957. Pp. ix + 198. Price $4.00). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 40, July 1960, Pages 285–286, https://doi.org/10.23…
The Reach of Science
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Reach of Science. By Henryk Mehlberg. (Toronto : University of Toronto Press. London : O.U.P. 1958. Pp. xii + 356. Price 45s). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 41, October 1960, Pages 381–382, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216424 Published: 01 October 1960
Note on the Teaching of History and Philosophy of Science
The Structure and Evolution of the Universe--An Introduction to Cosmology
Book Reviews Get access The Structure and Evolution of the Universe—An Introduction to Cosmology. By G. J. Whitrow (London: Hutchinson. 1959. Pp. 212. Price 21s). W. P. D. Wlghtman W. P. D. Wlghtman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 12, Issue 47, April 1962, Pages 189–190, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217037 Published: 01 April 1962
Forces and Fields
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Forces and Fields. By Mary B. Hesse (Edinburgh : Nelson. 1961. Pp. vii + 318. Price 35s). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 13, Issue 51, April 1963, Pages 179–180, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217202 Published: 01 April 1963
Isaac Newton, Historian . Frank E. Manuel
The Physical World of Late Antiquity
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Physical World of Late Antiquity. By S. Sambursky. (London : Routledge. 1962. Pp. xii + 189. Price 21s). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 54, January 1964, Pages 87–88, https://doi.org/10.2307/2955453 Published: 01 January 1964
Die Rettung der Phanomene: Ursprung und Geschichte Eines Antiken Forschungsprinzips
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Die Rettung der Phänomene : Ursprung und Geschichte eines antiken Forschungsprinzips By Jürgen Mittelstrass. (Berlin : W. de Gruyter. 1962. Pp. viii + 281. Price DM 36). W. P. D. Wightman W. P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 14, Issue 54, January 1964, Pages 89–90, https://doi.org/10.2307/2955454 Published: 01 January …
Quid sit Methodus? “Method” in Sixteenth Century Medical Teaching and “Discovery”
Quid sit Methodus? “Method” in Sixteenth Century Medical Teaching and “Discovery” Get access WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN * Department of History and Philosophy of Science, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XIX, Issue 4, October 1964, Pages 360–376, https://doi.org/10.1093/j…
Science and the Renaissance
Science and the Renaissance: An Introduction to the Study of the Emergence of the Sciences in the Sixteenth Century
Book Reviews Get access Science and the Renaissance : An introduction to the study of the emergence of the sciences in the sixteenth century. By W. P. D. Wightman. Aberdeen University Studies, No. 143–4. (Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd, for the University of Aberdeen. 1962. Vol. I, pp. xvi + 327, 8 plates. Vol. II, pp. xx + 293. Price 42s each vol.) P. M. Rattansi P. M. Rattansi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …
Antikes und Modernes Denken in Physik und Mathematik
Book Reviews Get access Antikes und modernes Denken in Physik und Mathematik. By André Mercire. (Berlin : Duncker & Humblot. 1964. Pp. 154. Price DM 19.80). William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 16, Issue 65, October 1966, Pages 410–411, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218538 Published: 01 October 1966
The Concept of Matter
Science in a Renaissance Society; Science and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Renaissance is his delineation of the pervasiveness of analogical thinking in all of the sciences examined.As he sums it up, "Induction was not a discipline easily to be invented" (p.31).Professor Shumaker's volume has been very handsomely produced with some 58 illustrations, which, although not keyed into the text, are well-chosen and very instructive.It is written in his characteristically engaging style, and has a good index and a helpful note…
Short Notices
Journal Article SHORT NOTICES Get access WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN WILLIAM P. D. WIGHTMAN University of Aberdeen Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIV, Issue CCCXXX, January 1969, Pages 180-b–181, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXX.180-b Published: 01 January 1969
Hegel's Philosophy of Nature
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature. Edited and translated with an introduction and explanatory notes by M. J. Petry. Volume I : Introduction, Foreword and Mechanics. Volume I I : Physics. Volume I I I : Organics. (London: George Allen & Unwin. 1970. Pp. 392, 469, 422. Price £18.00 the set.) William P. D. Wightman William P. D. Wightman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The P…
Report of Council for the Year 1971–2
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The Tyranny of Abstractions
a new law of nature was formulated in the words 'Improvement means deterioration'. Following the usual custom, it is named after its enunciator 'Hutber's law'. The fact that it was published in the Sunday telegraph may explain why it has not yet passed into the literature of the history of science. Since it may not always have been true, it may be the first of what Whitehead was prepared to call 'epochal laws'; Whitehead himself did not exclude t…
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