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J. McKeen Cattell's prominent role as editor of "SCIENCE AND EDUCATION: A SERIES OF VOLUMES FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS" and his association with other science publications such as *SCIENCE* and *THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY* [1, 2] suggest a significant commitment to disseminating scientific knowledge and fostering scientific progress. His editorship of multiple publications indicates a broad engagement with the intellectual landscape of science communication at the time [1, 2].
The passages indicate that Cattell is the editor for a series of volumes promoting scientific research and educational progress [2]. The series includes translations of H. Poincaré's works, such as "Science and Hypothesis," "The Value of Science," and "Science and Method" [1, 2]. This suggests an editorial vision focused on making important scientific and philosophical works accessible in English, potentially to a wider audience interested in the foundations of science [2, 3]. However, the passages do not elaborate on the specific editorial vision or fully detail the intellectual landscape of science communication beyond Cattell's involvement in these specific…
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yon, James B. Herrick, John M. Dodson, C. R. Bardeen, W. Ophuls, S. J. Meltzer, James Ewing, W. W. Keen, Henry H. Donaldson, Christian A. Herter, and Henry P. Bowditch. Volume III. University Control. By J. MCKEEN CATTELL and other authors. AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE. A Biographical Directory. SCIENCE. A weekly journal devoted to the advancement of science. The official organ of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. A monthly magazine devoted to the diffusion of science. THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. A monthly journal devoted…
Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) SCIENCE AND EDUCATION A SERIES OF VOLUMES FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDITED BY J. MCKEEN CATTELL VOLUME I--THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE UNDER THE SAME EDITORSHIP SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. A series of volumes for the promotion of scientific research and educational progress. Volume I. The Foundations…
des should be diverse, else would the scientific concert resemble a quartet where every one wanted to play the violin. And yet it is not bad for the violin to know what the violon-cello is playing, and _vice versa_. This it is that the English and Americans are comprehending more and more; and from this point of view the translations undertaken by Dr. Halsted are most opportune and timely. Consider first what concerns the mathematical sciences. It is frequently said the English cultivate them only in view of their applications and even that they despise those who have other aims; that…
those amongst us who are already interested in the type of researches to which M. Poincaré has so notably contributed. I The branches of inquiry collectively known as the Philosophy of Science have undergone great changes since the appearance of Herbert Spencer's _First Principles_, that volume which a large part of the general public in this country used to regard as the representative compend of all modern wisdom relating to the foundations of scientific knowledge. The summary which M. Poincaré gives, at the outset of his own introduction to the present work, where he states the…
cience and Hypothesis_, which has been translated into six languages and has already had a circulation of over 20,000. The non-Euclidean notion is that of the possibility of alternative laws of nature, which in the Introduction to the _Électricité et Optique_, 1901, is thus put: "If therefore a phenomenon admits of a complete mechanical explanation, it will admit of an infinity of Others which will account equally well for all the peculiarities disclosed by experiment." The scheme of laws of nature so largely due to Newton is merely one of an infinite number of conceivable rational…
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- If you were to explain the overarching mission of the "SCIENCE AND EDUCATION" series to a high school student, how would you articulate the connection between "scientific research" and "educational progress" as implied by the diverse volume topics listed?
- Volume I is "The Foundations of Science," Volume II focuses on "Medical Research and Education," and Volume III on "University Control." How might the editors envision these seemingly disparate topics contributing to a unified understanding of "science and education"? Explain how insights from one volume might inform another.
- This specific volume, *The Foundations of Science*, is an "authorized English translation," includes a "special preface by Poincaré," and an "introduction by Josiah Royce." Why might such extensive contextual framing be deemed necessary or valuable for a book on the foundations of science?
- The first chapter of *Science and Hypothesis* in this volume is titled "On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning," focusing on "Syllogistic Deduction," "Verification and Proof," and "Elements of Arithmetic." Given the broad title "The Foundations of Science," why might Poincaré choose to begin with these specific mathematical concepts? What foundational role do they play in understanding science more generally?