Ernan McMullin

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Ernan Vincent McMullin (born October 13, 1924 in Ballybofey , Ireland ; † February 8, 2011 in Donegal , Ireland) was an Irish-American philosopher and science theorist .

McMullin studied physics and theology at Maynooth College, Ireland and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1949 . After stints at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, he received his doctorate in 1954 on The quantum principle of uncertainty . From 1954 he worked at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (USA), where he has been Professor of the History of Science and Philosophy of Science, Science and Religion since 1967. In 1986 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1994 the philosopher, who made contributions to topics such as Galileo Galilei and the compatibility of a European understanding of religion and the theory of evolution , retired.

Publications

  • (ed.) The Concept of Matter , 1963
  • (ed.) Galileo, Man of Science , 1967
  • Newton on Matter and Activity , 1978
  • (ed.) Evolution and Creation , 1985
  • (ed.) Construction and Constraint , 1988
  • (edited with James Cushing) Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory , 1989
  • (ed.) The Social Dimensions of Science , (1992)
  • The Inference That Makes Science , 1992
  • "Indifference Principle and Anthropic Principle in Cosmology", Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, (1993)
  • "Enlarging the Known World", in Physics and Our View of the World, (1994)
  • "Galileo on Science and Scripture", in The Cambridge Companion to Galileo, (1998)
  • "Cosmic Purpose and the Contingency of Human Evolution," Theology Today, (1998)
  • "Materialist Categories", Science and Education, (1999)
  • "Biology and the Theology of Human Nature", in Controlling our Destinies, (2000)
  • "Values ​​in Science," in A Companion to the Philosophy of Science, (2000)
  • "Origins of the Field Concept in Physics", Physics in Perspective, (2001)
  • "Formalism and Ontology in Early Astronomy", Quantum Mechanics: Perspectives on Divine Action, (2001)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://ncse.com/news/2011/02/ernan-mcmullin-dies-006483
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personal data
SURNAME McMullin, Ernan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McMullin, Ernan Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish-American philosopher and science theorist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Ballybofey
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2011
Place of death Donegal