Degrees
PhD in physico-mathematical sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (1952)
Sixteen honorary doctorates
Four honorary professorships
Teaching and research areas
Theoretical physics
Ontology
Epistemology
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of technology
Philosophy of mind
Value theory and ethics
Current research
Philosophy of the social sciences, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics
Main studies on Mario Bunge's work
Joseph Agassi and Robert S. Cohen, Eds.,听Scientific Philosophy Today: Essays in Honor of Mario Bunge听( Reidel, 1982)
Raul Serroni-Copello,听Encuentros con Mario Bunge听(Asociaci贸n de Investigaciones en Psicologia, 1989).
Paul Weingartner and Georg Dorn, Eds.,听Studies on Bunge's Treatise听(Rodopi, 1990).
Laurent-Michel Vacher,听Entretiens avec Mario Bunge听(Liber, 1993).
Systems and Mechanisms: A Symposium on Mario Bunge's Philosophy of Social Science, Philosophy of the Social Science,听vol. 34, Nos. 2 and 3, 2004.
Publications
Selected publications
- Medical Philosophy听(Singapore: World Scientific Publications, 2013)
- Filosof铆a para m茅dicos. Barcelona, Buenos Aires: Gedisa, 2013.
- Filosof铆a de la t茅cnica. Lima: Universidad Garcilaso de la Vega, 2012.
- Evaluating Philosophies. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 295. Dordrecht,听 Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer, 2012.
- Tratado de filosof铆a, tomo 4:听Un mundo de sistemas. Spanish translation of #48. Barcelona: Gedisa, 2012.
- Provocaciones.听Buenos Aires: EDHASA, 2011.
- Tratado de filosof铆a, tomo 3:听El moblaje del mundo. Spanish translation of #46. Barcelona: Gedisa, 2011.
- 听Las pseudociencias 隆vaya timo!听Pamplona (Spain): Laetoli, 2010.
- Ca莽ando a realidade.听Portuguese translation of #122. Sao Paulo: Perspectiva, 2010.
- Matter and Mind. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 287. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer, 2010.
- Political Philosophy听(Transaction Publishers, 2009).
- Chasing Reality: Strife over Realism听(University of Toronto Press, 2006).
- 100 ideas听(Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 2006).
- Una filosof铆a realista para el nuevo siglo.听Lima: Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, 2007.
- Deu assaigs filosos貌fics i una diatriba exasperada.听Girona: Documenta Universitaria, 2007.
- Filosof铆a y sociedad.听M茅xico, D.F.: Siglo xxi, 2008.
- Tratado de filosof铆a, tomo 1: Sem谩ntica I.听Spanish translation of # 37.Barcelona: Gedisa, 2008.
- Foundations of Biophilosophy, with Martin Mahner. Japanese translation of # 91. Tokyo: Springer, 2008.
- Le mat茅rialisme scientifique. Paris: Syllepse, 2008.
- Political Philosophy: Fact, Fiction, and Vision.听New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2008.
- Causality in Modern Science, 4th ed.听New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2008.
- Causality: The Place of the Causal Principle in Modern Science听( Harvard University Press, 1959). Reissued as听Causality in Modern Science听(Dover ,1979). Translated into German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.
- Metascientific Queries听(Charles C. Thomas,1959).
- Intuition and Science听(Prentice-Hall, 1962. Greenwood Press, 1975).
- Translated into Russian and Spanish.
- The Myth of Simplicity.听(Prentice-Hall, 1963).
- Scientific Research , 2 volumes听(Springer, 1967). Reissued as听Philosophy of Science听(Transaction Publishers, 1998). Translated into Spanish.
- Foundations of Physics听(Springer, 1967).
- Philosophy of Physics.听(Reidel, 1973). Translated into French, Italian, Portuguese, Rusian, and Spanish.
- Method, Model and Matter听( Reidel, 1973).
- The Mind-Body Problem听(Pergamon, 1980). Translated into German and Spanish.
- Epistemologia听(Ariel, 1980). Translated into German, Portuguese and Spanish.
- Ciencia y desarrollo听(Siglo Veinte, 1980). Translated into Portuguese.
- Scientific Materialism听(Reidel,1981). Translated into Spanish.
- Philosophical Problems in Linguistics.听In Japanese. Tokyo: Seishin-Shobo, 1986.
- Philosophy of Psychology, with Ruben Ardila (Springer, 1987). Translated into German and Spanish.
- Treatise on Basic Philosophy, 8 volumes on semantics, ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science and technology, and axiology and ethics (Reidel, 1984-89).
- 听(Internet, 1996).
- Finding Philosophy in Social Science听(Yale University Press, 1996).
- 听(Internet, 1996).
- Foundations of Biophilosophy, with Martin Mahner (Springer, 1997).
- Philosophy of Science: From Problem to Theory, Vol. 1听(Transaction Publishers, 1998).
- Philosophy of Science: From Explanation to Justification, Vol. 2听(Transaction Publishers, 1998).
- Social Science Under Debate听(University of Toronto Press, 1998).
- Critical Approaches to Science and Philosophy听(Transaction Publishers, 1998).
- Dictionary of Philosophy听(Prometheus Books, 1998).
- The Sociology -Philosophy Connection听(Transaction Publishers, 1999).
- Philosophische Grundlagen der Biologie.听Translation of #91 plus preface by Gerhard Vollmer. Preface by Gerhard Vollmer. (Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000.).
- Fundamentos de la biofilosofia.听Translation of #91. (Mexico-Buenos Aires: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 2000).
- Philosophy in Crisis: The Need for Reconstruction.听(Amherst NY: Prometheus Books, 2001).
- Diccionario de filosofia.听Spanish transl. of # 104.(Mexico: Siglo XXI Editores, 2001).
- Scientific Realism: Selected Essays by Mario Bunge.听Ed. Martin Mahner.(Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2001).
- Ser, saber, hacer.听(Mexico City: Paidos-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2002).
- Filosofia de la psicologia,听with Ruben Ardila, 2nd ed. (Mexico Buenos Aires: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 2002).
- El problema mente - cerebro.听Reprint (Madrid: Tecnos, 2002).
- Crisis y reconstrucci贸n de la filosof铆a Barcelona and Buenos Aires:Gedisa, 2002.
- Filosof铆a de la psicolog铆a, with R. Ardila, 2d ed. M脠xico, D.F.: Siglo XXI, 2002.
- Philosophical Dictionary, 2d enlarged ed. Amherst NY: Prometheus Books, 2003. Spanish and Portugese translations.
- Emergence and Convergence听(Toronto: University of Toronto Press,2003).
- Mitos, hechos y razones听(Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 2004).
- Ueber die Nature der Dinge,听with Martin Mahner (Stuttgart: Hirzel, 2004).
Articles
- "Max Weber did not practice the philosophy he preached." In L. McFalls, ed.,听Max Weber鈥檚 鈥淥bjectivity鈥� Revisited, pp. 119-134. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.
- "The philoosophy behind pseudoscience",听Skeptical Inquirer听30 (4) 29-27 (2006).
- "A systemic perspective on crime", in P.-O. Wikstrom and R. Sampson, eds. ,听The Explanation of Crime听(Cambridge: Cambridge university Press, 2006).
- Velocity operators and time-energy relations in relativistic quantum mechanics.听International Journal of Theoretical Physics听42: 135-142, 2003.
- Philosophy of science and technology: A personal report. In Guttorm Fl酶istad, ed.,听Philosophy of Latin America,听pp. 235-272. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2003.
- Twenty-five centuries of quantum physics: From Pythagoras to us, and from subjectivism to realism.听Science & Education听12: 445-466, 2003. Preceded by Michael R. Matthews' "Mario Bunge: Physicist and philosopher", pp. 431-444. Followed by 6 papers, commenting on the target article, by Massimo Pauri, John Forge, Jean-Marc L茅vy-Leblond, Alberto Cordero, Adrian Heathcote, and Marcello Cini.
- Quantons are quaint but basic and real: Reply to my critics.听Science & Education听12: 587-597, 2003.
- How to handle the goose that lays golden eggs.听Graduate Researcher听1:41-42. 2003.
- Los m茅dicos ignoran la filosof铆a a a su riesgo y al nuestro Desideratum(Lima)3, No. 3, 66-76, 2003.
- Interpretation and hypothesis in social studies. In R. Boudon, M. Cherkaouki & P. Demeulenaere, eds.,听The European Tradition in Qualitative Research,听Vol. IV, pp. 20-40. London: Sage Publications, 2003.
- Vinte e cinco s茅culos de f铆sica qu谩ntica.听Gazeta de F铆sica (Sociedade Portuguea de F铆sica), v. 25, No. 3, 4-12, 2002.
- Introduction to Robert K. Merton,听Teor铆a y estructura sociales, pp.1-8. M茅xico, D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Econ贸mica, 2002.
- 486. Te贸filo Isnardi, el primer fil贸sofo de la f铆sica argentino.听Revista de ense帽anza de la f铆sica听15, No. 1: 23-24, 2002.
- Matter and Mind. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 287. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer, 2010.
- Ca莽ando a realidade.听Portuguese translation of #122. Sao Paulo: Perspectiva, 2010.
- Las pseudociencias 隆vaya timo!听Pamplona (Spain): Laetoli, 2010.
- Tratado de filosof铆a, tomo 3:听El moblaje del mundo. Spanish translation of #46. Barcelona: Gedisa, 2011.
- Provocaciones.听Buenos Aires: EDHASA, 2011.
- Tratado de filosof铆a, tomo 4:听Un mundo de sistemas. Spanish translation of #48. Barcelona: Gedisa, 2012.
- Evaluating Philosophies. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 295. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer, 2012.
- 听Filosof铆a de la t茅cnica. Lima: Universidad Garcilaso de la Vega, 2012.
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