Grover Edward Maxwell papers, 1957-1980.

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Grover Edward Maxwell papers, 1957-1980.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62699404

This collection contains papers from graduate and undergraduate students, research papers submitted by Maxwell's colleagues for pre-publication review, correspondence, and miscellaneous items. A majority of the graduate and undergraduate papers include topics about Epistemology, the mind/body problem, and the philosophy of science. Many of the undergraduate papers concern foundationalism in Epistemology, and focus on the writings of Bertrand Russell, a philosopher upon whom Maxwell concentrated much of his studies. Included in the collection are correspondence from Sir Karl Popper, Adolph Grumbaum, Wilfred Sellars, Paul Feyerabend, and Wesley Salmon. The largest part of the correspondence in the collection is in regard to Maxwell's dispute with the University in 1980 over a pay raise while Director of the Center of the Philosophy of Science.

2 boxes (2.08 linear ft.)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Salmon, Wesley C.

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Feyerabend, Paul, 1924-1994

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Sellars, Wilfrid

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Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994

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Grünbaum, Adolf

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