Inquiring into Space-Time, the Human Mind, and Religion : The Life and Work of Adolf Grünbaum (1923–2018)

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Carrier, Martin
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Journal for General Philosophy of Science ; 50 (2019), 4. - pp. 409-427. - ISSN 0044-2216. - eISSN 1572-8587
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Grünbaum's three chief fields of research were space-time philosophy, the methodological credentials of psychoanalysis, and reasons given in favor of the existence of God. Grünbaum defended the so-called conventionality thesis of physical geometry. He partially followed Hans Reichenbach in this respect but developed a new ontological argument for the conventionality claim in addition. In addressing the physical basis of the direction of time, Grünbaum advocated that there is a physical basis for the distinction between the past and the future (or the anisotropy of time), but no such basis for the idea of a ‘present’ moving through time. His main claim in scrutinizing Freud’s theory methodologically was that supporting the causal claims Freud made would have required data that go beyond the clinical setting. Finally, Grünbaum worked on the philosophy of religion and set out to undermine arguments for the existence of God.
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Adolf Grünbaum, Space-time philosophy, Conventionalism, Being and becoming, Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, Theism
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ISO 690CARRIER, Martin, Gereon WOLTERS, 2019. Inquiring into Space-Time, the Human Mind, and Religion : The Life and Work of Adolf Grünbaum (1923–2018). In: Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 50(4), pp. 409-427. ISSN 0044-2216. eISSN 1572-8587. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s10838-019-09489-z
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  doi={10.1007/s10838-019-09489-z},
  title={Inquiring into Space-Time, the Human Mind, and Religion : The Life and Work of Adolf Grünbaum (1923–2018)},
  number={4},
  volume={50},
  issn={0044-2216},
  journal={Journal for General Philosophy of Science},
  pages={409--427},
  author={Carrier, Martin and Wolters, Gereon}
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