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By reviving Charles Renouvier's philosophy of science, Warren Schmaus contributes to the growing literature on political philosophy of science, given that Renouvier argues that science rests on a social contract based on conventions. Compellingly written and thoroughly researched, this book adds essential components to the history of the philosophy of science. --David J. Stump, University of San Francisco Renouvier certainly deserves more consideration than he has received to date. As Schmaus shows quite convincingly, Renouvier's philosophy is a crucial step between Comte's positivism and Poincar 's conventionalism. The way Renouvier grounds his epistemology on a liberal social theory will prove useful for anyone who wishes to give sense to the idea of a social philosophy of science. --Michel Bourdeau, Institut d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, Paris

Renouvier certainly deserves more consideration than he has received to date. As Schmaus shows quite convincingly, Renouvier's philosophy is a crucial step between Comte's positivism and Poincare's conventionalism. The way Renouvier grounds his epistemology on a liberal social theory will prove useful for anyone who wishes to give sense to the idea of a social philosophy of science. --Michel Bourdeau, Institut d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, Paris By reviving Charles Renouvier's philosophy of science, Warren Schmaus contributes to the growing literature on political philosophy of science, given that Renouvier argues that science rests on a social contract based on conventions. Compellingly written and thoroughly researched, this book adds essential components to the history of the philosophy of science. --David J. Stump, University of San Francisco ...the book does an excellent job of introducing Renouvier to a reader not fully immersed in nineteenth-century French culture and thought....well researched and thoroughly written. --Howard Sankey, University of Melbourne ...an important introduction to Renouvier's thought....Written in clear and accessible prose, this brief work successfully introduces Renouvier's political philosophy of science and other dimensions of his thought. A solid addition to the literature on 19th-century French intellectual history. --A.D. Schrift, Grinnell College I am very glad that this book exists. I hope it will be widely read. It does an excellent job of focusing in on one aspect of Renouvier's philosophy and shows that it should be taken very seriously. --Jeremy Dunham, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews The book provides detailed scholarly analysis of the ideas of Renouvier which will be of interest to philosophers of science, especially those engaged with the history of the subject. . . .The book does an excellent job of introducing Renouvier to a reader not fully immersed in nineteenth-century French culture and thought. --Metascience

Renouvier certainly deserves more consideration than he has received to date. As Schmaus shows quite convincingly, Renouvier's philosophy is a crucial step between Comte's positivism and Poincar 's conventionalism. The way Renouvier grounds his epistemology on a liberal social theory will prove useful for anyone who wishes to give sense to the idea of a social philosophy of science. --Michel Bourdeau, Institut d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, Paris By reviving Charles Renouvier's philosophy of science, Warren Schmaus contributes to the growing literature on political philosophy of science, given that Renouvier argues that science rests on a social contract based on conventions. Compellingly written and thoroughly researched, this book adds essential components to the history of the philosophy of science. --David J. Stump, University of San Francisco

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Warren Schmaus is professor of philosophy at Illinois Institute of Technology. He is the author of Rethinking Durkheim and His Tradition and Durkheim's Philosophy of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge: Creating an Intellectual Niche</

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