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American Creativity Research in a Bipolar World: A Look at One Chapter in World History and History of Science

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Physics, Philosophy, and the Scientific Community

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 163))

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Abstract

The end of the cold war not only presents us with new political and economic problems; it also poses questions in the fields of philosophy, history and the sociology of science that have previously received very little attention.

This article arose from research carried out in 1985/86 when the author was Research Associate at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Wallner, M. (1995). American Creativity Research in a Bipolar World: A Look at One Chapter in World History and History of Science. In: Gavroglu, K., Stachel, J., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) Physics, Philosophy, and the Scientific Community. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 163. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2658-0_15

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