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- 1952-16 January 1969 (Creation)
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Comprises material relating to Bronowski's writings and lectures on the subject of the Philosophy of Science.
Consists of: notes on a programme for induction (made at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, 7 Oct 1958); further notes on induction taken from 'A Study in Scarlet' by Arthur Conan Doyle; a note on the logic of science (16 Jan 1959); a copy of an announcement about the annual conference of the Philosophy of Science Group which included a symposium on 'The Logic of Probability' which Bronowski participated in (Sep 1957), and notes on the symposium; typescripts (one annotated), an annotated galley proof and an offprint of a review by Bronowski of 'Foundations of Inductive Logic' by R F Harrod (the review was entitled 'The Scandal of Philosophy'); handwritten notes for an essay on the 'Foundations of Probability' (1952); an agenda for a meeting of the Institute for the Unity of Science (24 May 1953, New York) at which Bronowski gave a talk on 'Is there inductive probability?'; a press cutting of 'The Fringe of Silence' by Bronowski (The Observer, 4 Oct 1958); and an annotated typescript of a paper on 'The Logic of Experiment' which Bronowski gave to the British Association [for the Advancement of Science] (5 Sep 1952).
Also includes: copies of reviews and notes on books about Philosophy of Science; correspondence with John Wisdom (Trinity College, Cambridge) about Wittgenstein (1953); correspondence with Herbert Dingle (University College London) about the Philosophy of Science (1952); and a copy of a letter sent to Dr H B Griffiths (Mathematics department, Kings College, Aberdeen) about Gödel's theorem as discussed in Bronowski's [Charles Beard lectures at Ruskin College, Oxford] in response to a letter Griffiths sent to 'The Observer' newspaper (1952).
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See Bronowski 9/2/2 for further details of Bronowski's Charles Beard lectures.
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'The Scandal of Philosophy' was published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, vol. VIII, no. 32, 1958.