Names Index


In many cases throughout this book, authors have been referred to by a cross-reference to the References section (pp. 415-26), e.g. Alfred Jules Ayer has been referred to by the numbers [16-18]. For convenience in identifying references within the text where numbers have been used, those numbers have been included below.

Abbott, Edwin Abbott (1838-1926) [1], 185, 412

Adams, Robert Merrihew (1937-) [2], 288

Adler, Irving (1913-) [3], 161n.11

Albrecht, Walter A., Jr. (?-1971) [194], 342n.9

Aleksander, Igor (1937-) [4], 413

Allaire, Edwin B. (1930-) [6-7], 308-9

Andronicus of Rhodes (c. 70 BC), 21n.11

Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-74) [8], 3, 330n.2

Arbib, Michael A. (1940-) [9], 83-4, 88

Aristotle (384-322 BC) [10-12], 3, 19-20, 21n.11, 87, 90, 138, 238, 257, 380n.11

Armstrong, David M. (1926-) [13], 270n.23

Atrens, Dale Michael (1941-) [14], 141n.6

Augustine, St (354-430) [15], 145, 173-5

Austin, John Langshaw (1911-60), 4

Ayer, Alfred Jules (1910-89) [16-18], 40, 132-4

 

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), 78

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) [19-20], 42-59, 67, 86, 90, 102, 167, 275n.1

Ballentine, Leslie E. (1940-), 201n.29

Barnhart, Robert K. (1933-) [21], 400

Barrow, John D. (1952-) [22], 275n.1

Bates, Ralph S. (1906-) [23], 90

Baum, L. Frank (1856-1919), 207, 272n.25

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), 54, 78, 87

Belk, Russell W. (1945-) [25], 386-7

Bennett, Jonathan Francis (1930-) [26], 203n.31, 214n.33, 383n.14

Bentley, Logan [36], 396n.23

Benz, Karl (1844-1929), 78

Bergmann, Gustav (1906-87), 308

Bergson, Henri Louis (1859-1941), 39

Berkeley, Bishop George (1685-1753) [27], 4, 167, 237-8, 240, 283

Beyle, Marie-Henri [de Stendhal] (1783-1842) [28], 254-5, 257

Bieri, Robert (1926-90) [29], 82n.6

Black, Joseph (1728-99) [30], 62-3, 66

Black, Max (1909-88) [31], 286, 292

Blackman, Roger (1940-) [115], 30

Boito, Arrigo (1842-1918), 396

Boltzmann, Ludwig (1844-1906), 319-20

Bower, T.G.R. (1941-) [32], 120, 181n.18, 181n.19

Boyle, Robert (1627-1691), 67

Bradley, Francis Herbert (1846-1924) [33], 40

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Bradley, Raymond D. (1930-) [34], 74n.17, 100, 101, 214n.33, 400, 401, 402, 404

Bradshaw, Gary L. (1953-) [119], 49, 53n.11

Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601), 87

Brentano, Franz C. (1838-1917), 404

Broad, Charlie Dunbar (1887-1971) [35], 251-4

Brower, Montgomery [36], 396n.23

Bruller, Jean. See Vercors

Buber, Martin (1878-1965) [37], 10, 13, 15, 30, 147, 149-50, 151, 152, 160

Buck, Paul (1899-) [38], 91n.2

Burnett, Piers (1940-) [4], 413

Burtt, E.A. (1892-1989), 410

Butchvarov, Panayot (1933-), 412

Butler, Joseph (1692-1752) [39], 371-2

Butterfield, Herbert (1900-79) [40], 51

 

Cajori, Florian (1859-1930), 249n.10

Campbell, Keith (1938-) [41-42], 269-70

Campbell, Norman Robert (1880-1949) [43], 32, 246n.9

Camus, Albert (1913-60), 4

Carnap, Rudolf (1891-1970) [44-45], 39, 47, 102-4, 113, 244-5

Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-98) [46], 153-4

Cassirer, Ernst (1874-1945) [47], 158n.9

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de. See Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre

Chomsky, Noam (1928-), 90

Clarke, Arthur Charles (1917-) [48], 117

Cohen, I. Bernard (1914-) [49], 87

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) [50], 222

Collingwood, Robin George (1889-1943) [51], 6, 19

Connor, W.R. (1934-) [210], 344

Cros, Charles (1842-88), 78

Crowe, Michael J. (1936-), 411

Curthoys, Ian Stewart (1942-) [14], 141n.6

 

Daimler, Gottlieb (1834-1900), 78

Darrow, Clarence A. (1857-1938) [52-53], 17

da Vinci, Leonardo (1452-1519), 51

Dawkins, Richard (1941-), 410

De George, Richard T. (1933-) [54], 21n.11

Dennett, Daniel C. (1942-) [99], 324n.32, 414

Descartes, René (1596-1650) [55], 90, 93-5, 185, 298, 325, 326, 330n.2

Dewdney, Alexander Keewatin (1941-) [56], 185, 412

Dick, Steven J. (1949-), 411

Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), 384n.17

Doctorow, E.L. (1931-) [57], 124n.2

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. See Carroll, Lewis

Donnelly, John (1941-) [58], 414

Drake, Frank Donald (1930-) [59], 81, 81n.4, 84, 207

Dreyfus, Hubert (1929-), 413

Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie (1861-1916) [60], 48n.4, 68-9

Dunbar, Kevin (1956-) [61], 187n.25

Duns Scotus, John (c. 1266-1308), 288n.11

 

Earman, John (1942-) [62], 275n.1

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931), 78

Edwards, Ruth B. [210], 344

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) [63-65], 48, 53, 72, 92, 146, 150, 310, 321-2

Ellis, Brian (1929-) [66], 246n.9

Eötvös, Lóránd von (also Roland von Eötvös) (1848-1919) [68], 320, 325

Euclid (c. 300 BC) (see also geometry), 35, 79, 80

 

Feigl, Herbert (1902-88) [70], 314, 314n.28

Feyerabend, Paul K. (1924-94) [71], 48n.4, 410

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814), 39

Field, Hartry (1946-) [72], 114

Flew, Anthony (1923-), 414

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Foster, Thomas R. (1942-) [73], 285-6

Fraassen, Bas. C. van. See Van Fraassen, Bas. C.

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-90), 90

Frege, Gottlob (1848-1925), 4

 

Gale, George (1943-) [74], 275n.1

Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642), 52, 60, 87

Gardner, Martin (1914-) [75], 207, 208, 412

Gauss, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855) [76], 78, 160-1, 163, 165n.12

Gleitman, Henry (1925-) [77], 131

Glymour, Clark (1942-) [78], 53n.11

Goldman, Steven Louis (1941-) [79], 270n.23

Goldsmith, Donald (1943-) [80], 79, 81n.4, 411

Goodman, Nelson (1906-98) [81], 190n.26

Gore, Thomas Pryor (1870-1949), 396n.23

Gracia, Jorge J.E. (1942-), 413

Gregory, Richard Langton (1923-) [83], 182n.20

Grossmann, Reinhardt Siegbert (1931-), 273

Grünbaum, Adolf (1923-) [84], 36n.8

Gurvitch, Georges (1894-1965) [85], 36n.8

 

Hanson, Norwood Russell (1924-67), 47, 56

Haugeland, John (1945-) [86], 413

Hawking, Stephen (1942-) [87], 185n.24

Heath, Peter Lauchian (1922-), 153n.5, 154n.6

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831), 39

Heidegger, Martin (1889-1976) [88], 39, 39n.1, 40

Heisenberg, Werner (1901-76), 85-6

Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (1821-94) [89], 162-3, 164-5, 167

Hempel, Carl Gustav (1905-97) [90-91], 36, 41, 47, 104

Henry, William (1774-1836) [92], 66, 68

Heraclitus (6th-5th cent. BC), 332

Herbst, Peter (1919-) [93], 317-19

Hesslow, Germund (1949-) [94], 73

Hill, Doug (1950-) [95], 385n.17

Hilton, Denis J. (1955-) [96], 31n.4

Hirst, R.J. (1920-) [218], 182n.20

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679) [97], 347, 349

Hoffman, J. Michael (1944-) [98], 18n.9

Hoffmann, Banesh (1906-), 412

Hofstadter, Douglas R. (1945-) [99], [188], 324n.32, 414

Holmes, J. Eric [123], 140n.6

Housman, A.E. (Alfred Edward) (1859-1936) [100], 358

Hume, David (1711-76) [101], 4, 87, 100, 100n.5, 100n.6, 101, 328-9, 331-2, 363-4, 372n.10, 374-5

Husserl, Edmund (1859-1938), 404

 

James, William (1841-1910) [103], 90, 205

Jennings, Raymond E. (1942-) [104], 390n.21

Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson (1891-1953) [105], 271

 

Kafka, Franz (1883-1924), 360n.1

Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) [106-107], 4, 13, 30-1, 35, 87, 90, 101-2, 147, 203-5, 214-24, 239, 400

Kaplan, Abraham (1918-) [108], 158n.8

Keller, Helen (1880-1968), 396n.23

Kelvin, Lord (William Thomson) (1824-1907) [109], 85n.8, 158

Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630), 87

King-Farlow, John (1932-) [110], 112

Klahr, David (1939-) [61], [111], 48n.4, 187n.25

Kline, Morris (1908-92) [112], 18, 410

Kluge, Eike-Henner W. (1942-), 214n.33

Korzybski, Alfred (1879-1950) [113-114], 166n.13, 231n.3

Kotovsky, Kenneth (1939-) [111], 48n.4

Krebs, Dennis (1942-) [115], 30

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Kripke, Saul A. (1940-) [116], 106n.11, 315n.29, 386

Kuhn, Thomas Samuel (1922-96) [117], 47n.4, 59, 410

Kuklick, Bruce (1941-) [118], 91n.2

Kushner, Harold S. (1935-), 409

 

Langley, Pat (1953-) [119], 49, 53n.11

Leavis, F.R. (1895-1978), 409

Lederberg, Joshua (1925-), 400

Lee, Tsung Dao (1926-), 211n.32

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716) [5], [120-121], 13, 78, 79, 90, 111, 111n.13, 148, 148n.1, 149-51, 159, 167, 232-3, 238, 279, 284-5

Lewis, David K. (1941-2001) [122], 114, 288, 411

Lindsley, David F. (1936-) [123], 140n.6

Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich (1792-1856), 78

Locke, John (1632-1704) [124], 4, 78, 100, 100n.5, 108-11, 115, 181n.20, 235-7, 236n.4, 240, 242, 264n.17, 281-4, 297-8, 328, 370-1, 380n.11

Loux, Michael J. (1942-) [125-126], 114, 288, 412

Lucas, George (1944-), 360n.1

Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) (95-52 BC) [127], 9-10, 151n.3

 

Mackie, John Leslie (1917-81) [128], 283

McMullin, Ernan (1924-) [129], 81n.5

McTaggart, John McTaggart Ellis (1866-1925) [130], 173, 175-9, 175n.16, 189, 199

Mandelbrot, Benoit B. (1924-) [131], 160n.10

Maxwell, James Clerk (1831-79) [132], 85n.8, 319-20

Mayr, Ernst (1904-) [133], 80n.2

Medawar, Peter Brian (1915-87) [134], 67n.16

Mendel, Gregor Johann (1822-84), 294

Mengele, Josef (1911-72), 393

Michaels, Lorne , 384n.17

Michelangelo, Buonarroti (1475-1564), 83

Mill, John Stuart (1806-73) [135], 43, 47, 102, 251

Miller, Fred Dycus, Jr. (1944-), 412

Molesworth, William (1810-55) [97], 347

Molyneux, William (1656-98), 181n.20

Moore, George Edward (1873-1958) [136-137], 239-40, 264, 264n.17

Morgan, Alfred P. (1889-1972), 145 unnumbered footnote

Morgan, C. Lloyd (1852-1936) [138], 251

Morris, Thomas V. (1952-), 413

Munitz, Milton K. (1913-), 413

 

Nagel, Ernest (1901-85) [139], 32-6, 32n.5, 253

Nagel, Thomas (1939-) [140-141], 18n.8, 85n.7, 105, 385n.18, 409

Nathan, Peter Wilfred (1914-) [142], 118, 140n.6

Neurath, Otto (1882-1945) [143], 114-15

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) [144], 33, 52-3, 52n.10, 53n.11, 61, 72, 78, 79, 80, 84, 87, 90, 92, 149, 150, 151, 248-9, 297, 303-4, 306, 320

Nikolsky, G.V. [145], 225

Nozick, Robert (1938-) [146], 277n.3

 

Ockham, William of (1300?-?1349). See Ockham's razor

O'Connor, D.J. (1914-) [147-148], 281

Ornstein, Jack (1938-), 144

Owen, Tobias (1936-) [80], 79, 81n.4, 411

 

Pap, Arthur (1921-59), 39

Parfit, Derek (1942-) [149], 385n.18

Peirce, Charles Sanders (1839-1914), 47, 56, 90

Pepper, Stephen Coburn (1891-1972) [150], 251

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Perry, John (1943-) [151], 387, 413

Piaget, Jean (1896-1980) [152], 31, 31n.4

Pickford, R.W. (1903-) [218], 182n.20

Place, U.T. (1924-) [153], 314

Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (1858-1947) [154-155], 48n.4

Plato (427?-347 BC) [156], 3, 35, 87, 116, 131-2, 228-9, 233, 262-3, 266

Plutarch (AD 46?-?120) [157], 344-6

Popper, Karl Raimund (1902-94) [159], 4, 20, 47, 70-1, 145, 242, 410

Price, Marjorie S. (1947-) [160], 344n.11

Prior, Elizabeth [161], 243n.7

 

Quine, Willard Van Orman (1908-2000) [162-163], 110, 231n.2

Quinton, Anthony Meredith (1925-) [164-165], 112, 215-24, 290, 291n.14, 295, 298-9, 299n.19, 304-6, 334, 361, 375

 

Raup, David M. (1933-) [166], 80n.2

Rawls, John (1921-) [167], 106

Regis, Edward, Jr. (1944-), 411

Reichenbach, Hans (1891-1953), 47

Rescher, Nicholas (1928-) [169-172], vii-viii, 38n.9, 108n.12, 113, 142n.7, 275n.2, 411

Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard (1826-66) [173], 162-3, 164

Roller, Duane Henry Du Bose (1920-) [174], 60

Rorty, Amélie Oksenberg (1932-), 414

Roxburgh, Ian W. (1939-) [175], 165n.12

Rumford, Count (Benjamin Thompson) (1753-1814) [176], 5, 63-9, 69-70, 72

Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970) [176.1-181], 4, 98, 152, 155n.7, 309

Ryle, Gilbert (1900-76) [182], 106, 411

 

Sagal, Paul T. (1942-), 413

Sagan, Carl (1934-97) [183], 81n.4

Salmon, Wesley (1925-), 412

Santayana, George (1863-1952) [184], 268n.21

Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905-80) [185], 4, 131n.4

Savitch, Jessica (1947-83), 15n.6

Scheffler, Israel (1923-), 410

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (1775-1854), 39

Schrödinger, Erwin (1887-1961), 85-6

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), 83

Sciama, Dennis William (1926-) [186], 165

Scriven, Michael (1928-) [187], 324n.32

Searle, John R. (1932-) [188], 324n.32

Sedley, David (1947-) [189], 331, 346

Sheaffer, Robert (1949-) [190], 80n.3

Shoemaker, Sydney S. (1931-) [191], 112, 414

Shu, Frank H. (1943-) [192], 296

Simon, Herbert (1916-) [119], 48n.4, 49, 53n.11

Simons, Geoff (1939-), 413

Smart, J.J.C. (1920-) [193], 314

Smith, Alton H. [194], 342n.9

Smith, Nicholas D. (1949-), 412

Smorodinskii, Ia.A. [195], 320

Smuts, Jan Christiaan (1870-1950) [196], 251, 251n.12

Snow, Charles P. (1905-80), 409

Spielberg, Steven (1947-), 82

Stendhal. See Beyle, Marie-Henri

Stevens, Stanley Smith (1906-73) [197], 246n.9

Storey, Janet M. (1952-) [198], 225n.38

Storey, Kenneth B. (1949-) [198], 225n.38

Strawson, Peter Frederick (1919-) [199-200], 23, 40, 101, 112, 154n.7, 290

Swartz, Norman M. (1939-) [34], [201], 16n.7, 74n.17, 100, 101, 203n.31, 214n.33, 270n.23, 311n.24, 390n.21, 400, 401, 402, 404

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Swinburne, Richard Granville (1934-) [202], 414

 

Taylor, Richard (1919-) [203-204], 190-203, 203n.30, 207, 208, 215, 218n.35, 224-5, 365-6, 409

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (1881-1955), 90

Theseus (2nd millennium BC), 344-5

Thompson, Benjamin. See Rumford, Count

Thomson, William. See Kelvin, Lord

Tidworth, Simon [210], 344

Tipler, Frank J. (1947-) [22], 275n.1

Traill, Thomas Stewart (1781-1862) [205], 67

Turing, Alan M. (1912-54) [206], 324n.32

 

Van Fraassen, Bastiaan C., (1941-) [207], 272-3

Vercors [Jean Bruller] (1902-91) [208], 116-17

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), 396n.24

Vidal, Gore (1925-), 396n.23

von Eötvös, Lóránd. See Eötvös, Lóránd von.

Von Neumann, John (1903-57), 323, 324n.32

 

Waismann, Friedrich (1897-1959) [209], 112, 299

Wallace, J.G. [83], 182n.20

Ward, Anne G. (1932-) [210], 344

Weingrad, Jeff [95], 385n.17

Whewell, William (1794-1866), 67n.16

Whitrow, G.J. (1912-) [211], 341

Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen (1929-) [212], 381n.13

Williams, Donald Cary (1899-1983) [213-214], 190n.26, 268-9, 268n.21

Wilshire, Bruce (1932-) [215], 22

Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951) [216], 36, 90

Woods, M.J. (1934-) [217], 280n.4

Wyburn, G.M. [218], 182n.20

 

Yang, Chen Ning (1922-), 211n.32

Young, John Zachary (1907-) [219], 122

Yudkin, Michael (1938-), 409

 

Zeno of Elea (5th cent. BC), 412

Zuckerman, Laurence [220], 16n.5

Zytkow, Jan M. (1944-) [119], 49, 53n.11