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JM On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 11:10 AM Manuel Doria <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Michael Matthews <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 9:06 AM > Subject: Mario Bunge: Physicist, Philosopher, Champion of Science, and > Citizen of the World (1919-2020) > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > Mario Bunge, the centenarian Argentine/Canadian physicist/philosopher > passed away in the loving company of his wife Marta and children Eric > and Silvia on 24th February 2020 in Montreal. > > > > Bunge, five years ago, wrote a 500-page autobiography HERE. By > drawing upon his prodigious memory for decades-old readings, events > and conversations, it laid out in fascinating detail his personal, > family, cultural and scholarly life. The Memoir is enormously > educative and a delight to read. It has 1,200 entries in its Name > Index. He manages to say something insightful about the life and work > of nearly every person mentioned in the Index. It is a ‘Who’s Who?’ > of modern South American, Anglo-American, and European physics and > philosophy. The book with ample quotations is reviewed HERE. A > 30-page account of Bunge’s life, achievements and central > philosophical positions can be read HERE. His scientific, > philosophical, social and educational positions are elaborated and > appraised in a recent 41-chapter Festschrift HERE. > > > > In 70 books and 540 articles , written over an 80-year span, he made > substantial contributions to physics, philosophy of physics, > metaphysics, methodology and philosophy of science, philosophy of > mathematics, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of social science, > philosophy of biology, philosophy of technology, moral philosophy, > social and political philosophy, medical philosophy, criminology, > legal philosophy and education HERE. > > > > For many, Bunge’s realist interpretation of quantum mechanics was his > major contribution to modern physics. In 2003 he surveyed the > arguments in his ‘Twenty-Five Centuries of Quantum Physics: From > Pythagoras to Us, and from Subjectivism to Realism’ HERE. In a > journal double-issue, ten physicists and philosophers laid out and > appraised his ‘signature’ account of quantum mechanics, with Bunge > replying HERE. > > > > The unifying thread of Bunge’s life and research was the constant and > vigorous advancement of the Enlightenment project that brings science > and philosophy together for the advancement of human welfare. He > expended the same energy on criticism of cultural and academic > movements that deny or devalue the core principles of the project: > naturalism; the search for objective, trans-personal, non-subjective > truth; the universality of science; the value of rationality; and > respect for individuals. > > > > Bunge’s passing is a loss for his family and the scholarly world. > Hopefully some in the succeeding generations of philosophers, > physicists and educators will be inspired to emulate his example of a > wide-ranging, in-depth, cosmopolitan approach to the advancement of > knowledge and the formation of a just and equitable society. He > embodies the best, and more, of the liberal education ideal. > > > > Obituaries in the Spanish press can be read HERE, HERE and HERE. > > > > My own obituary for this friend and fine person can be read HERE. > > > > > > Warm regards, > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > A/Professor Michael R. Matthews > > School of Education, UNSW, Sydney 2052, Australia > > Email: [email protected] > > Web: > https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/associate-professor-michael-robert-matthews > > Author, Science Teaching: The Contribution of HPS: > www.routledge.com/9780415519342 > > Author, Feng Shui: Teaching About Science & Pseudoscience > https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030188214 > > Editor, HPS&ST Research Handbook (3 vols) > https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400776531 > > Editor, Mario Bunge Festschrift: > https://www.springer.com/in/book/9783030166724 > > Editor, Science, Worldviews and Education > https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789048127788 > > Editor, HPS&ST Newsletter: http://www.hpsst.com/ > > -- > Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos > Grupos do Google. > Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um > e-mail para [email protected]. > Para ver esta discussão na web, acesse > https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/CAD7xiBPpWg2-px_zYQRARg-sid3JCx6M-C%3DauuJTWTA_xPtQQw%40mail.gmail.com. -- http://sequiturquodlibet.googlepages.com/ -- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. 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