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Dudley Shapere was the Reynolds Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Wake Forest University from 1984 to 2001. Shapere is well-known for his work on the philosophy of science, primarily in regard to the evolution of scientific methodology. There is a substantial amount of instructional materials in this collection that document his the entirety of his teaching career. The collection also contians drafts and iterations of his peer-reviewed articles, conference materials, and correspondence. There is also correspondence with editors, committees, and contemporaries.

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Biographical and Historical Note

Dudley Shapere (1928-2016) was Reynolds Professor of the Philosophy and History of Science at Wake Forest University. Born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, he was the son of Abraham Dudley Shapere, a surgeon, and Corinne Pupkin. He studied philosophy as an undergraduate and graduate student at Harvard University, where he earned his doctorate in 1957. His career included faculty appointments at the Ohio State University, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, and the University of Maryland at College Park. From 1966 to 1975, Shapere served as a special consultant for the National Science Foundation's History and Philosophy of Science Program. From 1974 to 1977, he spoke at several universities as the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society's bicentennial lecturer. He was a visiting researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He was invited to lecture internationally and was elected as a member of the Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences in 1990. He served on the editorial board of several professional journals and authored numerous articles and books on the philosophy and history of science.

In 1984 he was appointed the Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Wake Forest, where he taught for over fifteen years. Shapere retired from Wake Forest in 2001 but continued to write and give lectures around the world. Shapere passed away on December 26, 2016. He was survived by his second wife, Hannah Hardgrave, and their daughters Elizabeth and Anne as well as his son Alfred and daughter Catherine from his previous marriage to Alfreda Bingham, granddaughter of explorer and politician Hiram Bingham.

Collection Overview

This collection documents Shapere's multidiscipline approach to understanding the intersections of philosophy, history, and the natural sciences. The collection contains handwritten and typed lectures along with related course materials such as notes, syllabi, evaluations, and supplemental course materials. The majority of the academic files are from Shapere's time as the Reynolds Professor of the Philosophy and History of Science, but some materials covers his work before arriving at Wake Forest. Research papers that Shapere presented at conferences, in addition to his articles in published journals, are also in the collection. Reviews of Shapere's published works as well as critiques and reviews of his contemporaries are also among his professional files. A small amount of audiocassette recordings of some lectures, most given as part of a lecture series with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are also present. In this collection are a few photographs, primarily professional headshots and photographs of Shapere at professional conferences. Some courses listed within this collection share similar titles, however, they may have been taught at different times and institutions during Shapere's career.

This collection is arranged into 4 series: Series 1. Biographical materials, Series 2. Research and writing materials, Series 3. Instruction materials, and Series 4. Audiocassette recordings.

Series 1. Biographical materials, is further arranged into 4 sub-series: Sub-series 1. Personal materials. Sub-series 2. Correspondence, Sub-series 3. Book reviews and related materials, and Sub-series 4. Photographs. The materials in all subseries of Series 1 are arranged chronologically.

Series 2. Research and writing materials is further arranged into 2 sub-series: Sub-series 1; Published and unpublished papers, arranged alphabetically; and Sub-series 2. Conference talks and addresses, arranged chronologically. Some papers in the first sub-series are regarding topics that Shapere presented at conferences and appear in the second sub-series.

Series 3. Instruction materials are arranged in alphabetical order. Series 4. Audiocassette recordings is arranged chronologically.

Collection Inventory

  • Biographical materials
    • Personal materials
      • Notes on lectures by others (1947) box 6 folder 38
      • University of Maryland at College Park Arts and Humanities department newsletter (1975) box 7 folder 10
      • Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Chapter, initiation speech (1983) box 1 folder 2
      • Reason and the Search for Knowledge book listing in publishers' catalog (1984) box 1 folder 5
      • Professional activity summary (1985-1986) box 6 folder 26
      • WFU Sigma Xi annual banquet address (1985-1986) box 2 folder 49
      • WFU Phi Beta Kappa induction dinner, program, speech, and correspondence (1989) box 1 folder 31
      • Dr. Alfred Shapere grant proposal (1995) box 7 folder 6
      • "Plausibility and Justification in the Development of Science", by Dudley Shapere, comments written by Stephen Toulmin (1996) box 1 folder 26
      • Dudley Shapere professional activity summary (1999) box 1 folder 1
      • Faculty meeting agenda (1999) box 1 folder 3
      • Certificate of appreciation from WFU (2002) box 1 folder 4
      • Who's Who in America Dudley Shapere biography (2003) box 7 folder 30
    • Professional correspondence
      • The Institute for Advanced Study correspondence (1981) box 2 folder 3
      • Correspondence (1982-1999) box 7 folder 31
      • Materiali filosofici journal correspondence (1983) box 7 folder 3
      • Correspondence (1985) box 1 folder 6
      • Argumentation journal correspondence (1986) box 7 folder 4
      • Correspondence (1986) box 1 folder 7
      • Correspondence (1987) box 1 folder 8
      • Correspondence (1988) box 1 folder 9
      • Correspondence (1989) box 1 folder 10
      • Correspondence (1990) box 1 folder 11
      • Correspondence (1991) box 1 folder 12
      • Correspondence (1992) box 1 folder 13
      • Philosophy of Science Association correspondence (1997) box 7 folder 7
    • Book reviews and related materials
      • Review of History of Science by L.W.H. Hull (1959) box 2 folder 52
      • Reason and the Search for Knowledge reviews and correspondence (1984) box 1 folder 27
      • Shapere review of "A Bibliography of the Philosophy of Science" by Richard J. Blackwell (1984) box 1 folder 28
      • Response to Ernest Nagel criticism (1985) box 7 folder 16
      • Review of "Strengthening Academic Science by David Eli Drew (1985-1987) box 1 folder 30
      • Shapere review of The Genesis of the Copernican World by Hans Blumenberg for  History and Theory Journal (1987) box 1 folder 29
      • Shapere commentary on "Progress and Rationality" article by Larry Laudan (1988) box 1 folder 20
      • Philosophical Topics journal correspondence (1990) box 1 folder 24
      • Encyclopedia of Philosophy journal correspondence (1992-1994) box 1 folder 22
      • Companion to the Philosophy of Science review request and correspondence (1993) box 1 folder 21
      • Encyclopedia of Science and Technology review requests and correspondence with McGraw-Hill Publishers (1994) box 1 folder 23
      • Philosophy of Science correspondence (1994) box 1 folder 25
    • Photographs
      • Ludwig Wittgenstein photograph (1949) box 1 folder 14
      • Dudley Shapere headshots (1950-1969) box 1 folder 15
      • Family beach photograph (1962) box 1 folder 16
      • Reduction in Biology conference photographs (1972) box 1 folder 17
      • Trip to Asia photographs (1994) box 1 folder 18
      • Dudley Shapere at Universidad Peruana seminar photographs (1995) box 1 folder 19
  • Research and writing materials
    • Published and unpublished articles and essays
      • "Biology and the Understanding of Science" typescript  (1986) box 2 folder 46
      • "Chapter 1", draft (undated) box 2 folder 47
      • Classical Early Quantum Theory: a legitimate caser of theoretical undetermination abstract typescript (undated) box 7 folder 12
      • "The Concept of Observation in Science and Philosophy" article in Philosophy of Science journal (1982) box 3 folder 19
      • "The Development of the Modern Theory of Stellar Energy Production" typescript (undated) box 3 folder 20
      • "Doppelt Crossed" article in Philosophy of Science journal and correspondence (1986) box 3 folder 18
      • "The Early Development of the Theories of Stellar Energy Production and Stellar Evolution" typescript (undated) box 3 folder 1
      • "Early Development of the Theories of Stellar Energ Production" (circa 1990s) box 7 folder 11
      • "Experiement and Explanation" typescript (1988) box 3 folder 2
      • "Explanation and the Structure of Reality" typescript (circa 1960s) box 3 folder 3
      • "External and Internal Factors in the Development of Science" article for Science and Technology Studies journal with notes and reviews (1986) box 3 folder 4
      • "Leplin Leapt" typescript (circa 1988) box 3 folder 5
      • "The Mechanical Philosophy of Nature/Newton's Place in History" typescript (undated) box 3 folder 22-24
      • "Method in the Philosophy of Science and Epistemology: How to Inquire about Inquiry and Knowledge", article in The Process of Science  (1987) box 3 folder 6
      • "Method in the Philosophy of Science and Epistemology: How to Inquire about Inquiry and Knowledge", essay in The Process of Science  (1987) box 3 folder 7
      • "Method in the Philosophy of Science and Epistemology: How to Inquire about Inquiry and Knowledge" draft  (1987) box 3 folder 21
      • "Myth and Reason: The Origins and Evolution of Ideals of Rational Explanation" draft with edits (undated) box 3 folder 8
      • "Newton's Place in History" typescript (undated) box 3 folder 9-10
      • "Objectivity, Rationality, and Scientific Change" typescript (undated) box 3 folder 11
      • "Observation and the Scientific Enterprise", book chapter (undated) box 3 folder 12
      • "Observation, Experiment, and Interpretation" (undated) box 3 folder 13
      • "The Origin of Philosophy" (undated) box 3 folder 14
      • "Problem of the Distinction Between Observation and Theory" John Hopkins presentation (undated) box 3 folder 15
      • "Rationalism and Empiricism: A New Perspective", Argumentation, with notes and correspondence (1988) box 3 folder 16
      • Reason and the Search for Truth typescript (undated) box 7 folder 5
      • "Reflections of the Scientific Enterprise" (undated) box 3 folder 17
      • "Scientific Theories and their Domains", chapter in Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science  (1984) box 2 folder 45
    • Conference talks and addresses
      • "An Experiment in Two Cultures" lecture outline (undated) box 2 folder 2
      • "General Approach" lecture outline and notes (undated) box 2 folder 9
      • "Inquiring about Inquiry" lecture notes (undated) box 2 folder 1
      • "Remarks on the Relations Between History and Philosophy of Science, and on the notion of rationality in science" typescript (undated) box 2 folder 51
      • "What Proof Do you Need?" lecture outline and note cards (undated) box 2 folder 8
      • International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science (1970-1979) box 1 folder 33
      • "Origins of the Modern Word-View," Georgetown University lecture correspondence (1979) box 1 folder 32
      • 40th International Symposium of Philosophy, program and correspondence (1980) box 1 folder 40
      • Einstein Centennial Program at Towson State (1980) box 1 folder 35
      • International Symposium on Particle Physics (1980) box 1 folder 34
      • "History of Particle Physics" roundtable discussion at Fermilab (1980) box 1 folder 38
      • History of Particle Physics symposium poster (1980) box 1 folder 64
      • International Symposium on the Philosophy of Science at the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas (1980) box 1 folder 39
      • Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Physical Sciences (1980) box 1 folder 36
      • "Meaning and the Empirical Sciences", Boston Colloquium (1980-1981) box 1 folder 37
      • National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar proposal and correspondence (1980) box 2 folder 10
      • "The Birth of the Modern Scientific World-View", lectureat Wake Forest University (1981) box 1 folder 41
      • "Presupposition, Reason, and the Quest for Knowledge", lectureat Univervisty of Pittsburgh (1981) box 1 folder 42
      • Reidel Publishing correspondence and book contract (1981-1984) box 2 folder 4
      • "The Role of Observation in Science", lecture at the International Symposium of Philosphy in Oaxaca (1981) box 1 folder 43
      • "The Concept of Observation in Science and Philosophy"lecture at Texas A&M (1982) box 1 folder 45
      • "Experiment and Observation in Science", lecture at Johns Hopkins University, flier (1982-1983) box 1 folder 48
      • "Observation and Knowledge", lecture at the12th Annual California State University, Fullerton, Philosophy Symposium (1982) box 1 folder 44
      • Peru seminar series (1982) box 1 folder 47
      • "Philosophy of Science and Problems of Epistemology", lecture University of Maryland Philosophy Student Association flier (1982) box 1 folder 49
      • Review of Energy Force and Matter: The Conceptual Development of 19th Century Physics by P.M. Harmon (1982) box 2 folder 50
      • Universidad de Salamanca, correspondence (1982) box 1 folder 46
      • Workshop on "Theory and Observation in Contemporary Physics" program and correspondence (1983) box 1 folder 50
      • Lehigh University seminar, correspondence (1984) box 1 folder 51
      • International Congress of History of Science correspondence (1984-1985) box 1 folder 59
      • Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium seminar series correspondence and program posters (1984) box 1 folder 54
      • Philosophy of Science and Literary Theory conference, program, description, participant list, and correspondence (1984) box 1 folder 52
      • Philosophy of Science Association symposium agenda, correspondence, and association newsletters (1984) box 1 folder 53
      • American Philosophical Association symposium, "Rationality and Continuity in Scientific Though" lecture proposal (1985) box 1 folder 56
      • British Society for the History of Science conference, correspondence, program booklet, participant list (1985) box 1 folder 60
      • The Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy program pamphlet and correspondence (1985) box 1 folder 62
      • Fermilab, Particle Physics symposium program, schedule, speaker list, and correspondence (1985) box 1 folder 58
      • Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas summer symposium, corresepondence (1985-1986) box 1 folder 63
      • Isaac Newton symposium, planning committee reports, correspondence, conference proceedings and program (1985-1990) box 2 folder 11-13
      • National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference agenda, correspondence and conference proceedings booklet (1985) box 1 folder 57
      • Society for Social Studies of Science conference panelist research papers and conference schedule (1985) box 1 folder 61
      • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill presentation letter of attendance confirmation (1985) box 1 folder 55
      • Catholic University lecture series program, correspondence, and lecture schedule (1986) box 2 folder 16
      • History of Science lecture at Stanford University flier (1986) box 2 folder 14
      • Knowledge and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Science journal correspondence (1986) box 2 folder 5
      • "Methodology, Theory and the Philosophy of Science" lecture at University of California Riverside flier, correspondence and essay (1986) box 2 folder 15
      • "What Can We Learn from the History of Science", address to WFU Anthropology Department (1986) box 2 folder 6
      • Neurophilosophy workshop schedule, correspondence, and notes (1987) box 2 folder 25
      • Physics with Solar Neutrinos conference newspaper article, participant list, and research papers (1987) box 2 folder 20-21
      • North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, "The Lanscape of Mathematics" lectures, seminar programs, and correspondence (1987-1988) box 2 folder 22
      • "Evolution and continuity in scientific change", Virginia Tech lecture correspondence and flier (1988) box 2 folder 24
      • "Modern physics and the philosophy of science", Virginia Tech seminar correspondence (1988-1989) box 2 folder 28
      • Philosophy of Science Association 11th biennial meeting, program and correspondence (1988) box 2 folder 23
      • Swiss Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science conference correspondence, and presentation paper (1988) box 2 folder 44
      • De Tocqueville Forum lecture letter and speech outline (1989) box 2 folder 26
      • International Academy of Philosophy of Science colloquium, program, travel information, and correspondence (1989) box 2 folder 32
      • North Carolina Governor's School correspondence and article (1989) box 2 folder 27
      • Queens College liberal learning summer institute, correspondence and agenda (1989) box 2 folder 31
      • Thirteenth Annual Symposium in Philosophy program brochure and correspondence (1989) box 2 folder 30
      • Philosophy of Science Association 12th biennial meeting session proposal and correspondence (1990) box 2 folder 34
      • "What to believe about nature", International Conference on Science and Rhetoric programs, agenda, and correspondence (1990) box 2 folder 33
      • "Origin and Nature of Metaphysics" WFU Department of Philosophy seminar flier (1991) box 2 folder 36
      • "Science as Social Practice" NEH Summer seminar correspondence, participant list and bibliographies (1991) box 2 folder 35
      • Adelphi University lecture outline (1992) box 2 folder Unknown
      • Bernese Colloquium correspondence and presentation paper (1992) box 2 folder 39
      • "The Emergence of Mind" Adelphi University lecture confirmation correspondence (1992) box 2 folder 38
      • "International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics, Rise of the Standard Model" correspondence, programs, agendas (1992) box 2 folder 53
      • University of Maryland at College Park History and Philosophy of Science colloquium (1992) box 2 folder 37
      • Aston Magna Academy correspondence and project summary (1993-1995) box 2 folder 43
      • "Links in the Understanding of Nature" public lecture series mailer (1993) box 2 folder 40
      • Wuhan University correspondence and lectures (1983-1994) box 2 folder 17-19
      • Philosophy and Phenomenological Research book symposium correspondence (1994) box 2 folder 41
      • Philosophy of Science lectures at Wuhan University (1994) box 2 folder Unknown
      • University of Kentucky lecture correspondence (1994) box 2 folder 42
      • International Congress of the Scientific Thought and Philosophy of Science lectures and symposium schedule (circa 1995) box 2 folder 7
      • "Incommensurability reasons and radical change in science" conference lecture, University of Hanover Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science (1999) box 2 folder 44
  • Instruction materials
    • Albert Einstein lecture notes (circa 1980s) box 6 folder 39
    • Ancient science lecture notes (circa 1970s) box 4 folder 17
    • Aristotle instruction notes (1974-1983) box 6 folder 5
    • Aristotle lecture notes (undated) box 6 folder 33
    • Authors and epicycles lecture notes (1974-1983) box 6 folder 6
    • Background information in the Duhemian argument (1984-2002) box 6 folder 23
    • Bertrand Russell lecture notes and writings (1974-1983) box 6 folder 8
    • Chemistry through Antoine Levoisier lecture notes (1972-1982) box 6 folder 17
    • Course offerings descriptons (1984-1985) box 7 folder 8
    • Course schedule (1962-1964) box 6 folder 1
    • Development of calculus (circa 1970s) box 6 folder 24
    • Dudley Shapere course listing at WFU (1984-1990) box 7 folder 32
    • Dudley Shapere proposed course offerings for WFU (1984-1989) box 4 folder 19
    • "The Duhem-Quine Conception of Science" lecture notes and outline (undated) box 6 folder 28
    • Einstein lecture (circa 1980) box 6 folder 46
    • Electricity and Magnetism in the Eighteenth Century lecture notes (1975) box 6 folder 15
    • Geometry Space Time and Physics additional lecture papers (circa 1990s-2000s) box 5 folder 4
    • Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz lecture notes (circa 1970s-1980s) box 6 folder 18-19
    • History of Philosophy and Science reading list by subject (circa 1970s) box 4 folder 16
    • Humanities 132B reading list (1980) box 6 folder 42
    • Hypethetico-Deductive conception lecture notes (undated) box 6 folder 27
    • Immanuel Kant course notes (1974-1983) box 6 folder 3
    • Inductive logic lecture notes (1959) box 6 folder 13
    • Isaac Newton lecture notes (circa 1959-1982) box 6 folder 21-22
    • Lecture notes on Pythagoreans (1982) box 6 folder 32
    • Light through Thomas Young and Augustin-Jen Fresnel lectures and writings (1970-1978) box 6 folder 35
    • Quantum theory lecture notes (1977) box 6 folder 11-12
    • Relativity lecture notes (1976) box 4 folder 3
    • Mechanical Philosophy of Naturee diagram and lecture outline (1993) box 7 folder 18
    • Mechanical Philosophy of Nature syllabus, lectures, and exams (1998-2001) box 4 folder 25-27
    • "Method and Explanation" lecture notes (undated) box 6 folder 25
    • Michael Faraday lecture notes (1982) box 6 folder 16
    • Modern Science and Human Values GTE lecture series grant proposal, correspondence, and newspaper article (1987-1989) box 2 folder 29
    • NAT SCI 301 Beginnings of the Modern World-View (1984) box 5 folder 36
    • NAT SCI 301/HIS 301/PHI 231 The Beginnings of the Modern World-view syllabus, administrative correspondence (1984) box 5 folder 27
    • NAT SCI 301/HIS 301/PHI 231 The Beginnings of the Modern World-view syllabus and course outline (1987) box 5 folder 28
    • NAT SCI 301/HIS 301/PHI 231 The Beginnings of the Modern World-view lectures, outlines and notes (1997) box 5 folder 25
    • NAT SCI 301/HIS 301/PHI 231 The Beginnings of the Modern World-view syllabus (1997) box 5 folder 16
    • NAT SCI 301/HIS 301/PHI 231 The Beginnings of the Modern World-view syllabus and lecture notes (1997) box 7 folder 17
    • NAT SCI 301/HIS 301/PHI 231 The Beginnings of the Modern World-view syllabus, exam, paper topics, lectures and notes (1987-1996) box 5 folder 29-34
    • NAT SCI 302 The Mechanistic View of Nature syllabus, assignments and final exam instructions (1985) box 5 folder 15
    • NAT SCI 302 The Mechanistic View of Nature syllabus, assignments and final exam instructions (1984-2001) box 5 folder 1-3
    • NAT SCI 303 Revolutions in Modern Science course outline and final exam (1986) box 5 folder 5
    • NAT SCI 302 The Mechanistic View of Nature syllabus and final exams (1999-2001) box 4 folder 28
    • NAT SCI 303 Revolutions in Modern Science syllabus (1986) box 5 folder Unknown
    • NAT SCI 303 Revolutions in Modern Science course outline and lecture notes (1987) box 5 folder 17
    • NAT SCI 351/PHI 379 Philosophy of Science syllabus and course notes (2000-2001) box 4 folder 20
    • NAT SCI 351/PHI 379 Philosophy of Science final exam and introductory lectures (1994) box 4 folder 15
    • NAT SCI 351/PHI 373 Supplemental Course Material: Philosophy of Science (circa 1990s) box 4 folder 1
    • NAT SCI 351/PHI 373/PHI 651 The Universe of Modern Science syllabus and lectures (1992) box 7 folder 13
    • NAT SCI 352/HON 256/HIST 305 Modern Science and Human Values (1987-1988) box 5 folder 14
    • NAT SCI 352/HON 256/HIST 305 Modern Science and Human Values course outline and student evaluations (1988) box 5 folder 24
    • NAT SCI 352/HON 256/HIST 305 Modern Science and Human Values biotechnology lectures and notes (1987-1988) box 5 folder 21-22
    • NAT SCI 352/HON 256/HIST 305 Modern Science and Human Values cognitive science lectures and notes (1988) box 5 folder 23
    • NAT SCI 352/HON 256/HIST 305 Modern Science and Human Values extraterrestrial life course supplemental readings (1988) box 5 folder 19-20
    • NAT SCI 352HON 256/HIST 305 Modern Science and Human Values primate research lectures and notes (1988) box 5 folder 18
    • NAT SCI 352/HON 256/HIST 305 Modern Science and Human Values course outline (1988) box 5 folder 8
    • NAT SCI 651 Philosophy of Science course outline (2000) box 5 folder 6
    • Notes: Copernicus (undated) box 6 folder 44
    • Notes: Galileo (undated) box 6 folder 43
    • Notes: Johannes Kepler (undated) box 6 folder 45
    • Origins of the Modern Scientific World-View course description and outline, finals exams, and lecture notes (1979-1981) box 5 folder 35
    • PHI 263 The Philosophy of Rene Descartes lecture notes (1963) box 6 folder 7
    • PHI 270 lecture outlines and notes (1974-1983) box 6 folder 2
    • PHI 279/HON 237 Philosophy of Science and the Scientific Outlook course syllabus, lecture outline and final exam (1987) box 4 folder 13
    • PHI 279/HON 237 Philosophy of Science and the Scientific Outlook syllabus, course outline, reading assignments (1987) box 5 folder 9
    • PHI 317 Scientific Thought I exam questions (1973-1976) box 5 folder 13
    • PHI 325 Analytic Philosophy lecture notes (1963-1965) box 4 folder 6
    • PHI 326 20th Century Philosophy: Analytic Philosophy lectures and student notes (1976) box 4 folder 2
    • PHI 330 Advanced Symbolic Logic and PHI 337 Probability and Induction lecture notes, assignments, and exams (1961-1963) box 6 folder 9
    • PHI 408A Nature of Scientific Understanding lecture outlines, notes, and syllabus (1982) box 6 folder 31
    • PHI 450 Scientific Thought I syllabus, reading and assignment lists (1970-1984) box 5 folder 10-11
    • PHI 450 Scientific Thought I assignments and reading list (circa 1970s-1980s) box 5 folder Unknown
    • PHI 450 Scientific Thought II syllabus, reading and assignment lists (1970-1984) box 5 folder 12
    • PHI 452 Philosophy of Physics syllabus and assignment sheets (1977) box 4 folder 4
    • PHI 453 Philosophy of Science II lecture notes (1978) box 4 folder 7
    • PHI 458 Problems in Philosophy of Science, final exam (1977) box 4 folder 8
    • PHI 458 Historical and Conceptual Foundations of Mathematics syllabus and exam (1983) box 4 folder 5
    • PHI 458B The Nature of Scientific Change course outline and notes (1980) box 6 folder 41
    • PHI 552 Points of View in Modern Philosophy course outline, lectures, and notes (1950-1960) box 5 folder 7
    • PHI 652 Philosophy of Science syllabus and reading lists (1959) box 4 folder 9
    • Philosophy 421 Continental Rationalism midterm exam (1976) box 7 folder 2
    • Philosophy of Physics, Space and Time lecture materials (1961-1976) box 4 folder 21-24
    • Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics (1977) box 6 folder 10
    • Philosophy of Science course description, outline, reading lists, and lecture notes (1960-1980) box 4 folder 18
    • Philosophy of Science lectures, course outline, and lecture notes (1969-1999) box 4 folder 10-12
    • Philosophy of Science lecture outlines and assignments (1988) box 4 folder 14
    • Pierre Simon Laplace and mechanical philosophy, instruction notes (1974-1983) box 6 folder 4
    • Plato lecture notes (1981) box 6 folder 20
    • "Problems of Classical Empiricism" lecture notes (circa 1959) box 6 folder 14
    • Problem of the Planets lecture notes (undated) box 6 folder 34
    • Quantum Field Theory lecture notes (undated) box 6 folder 40
    • Reserve book list (1997) box 6 folder 37
    • Sir Francis Ham final examination (undated) box 6 folder 30
    • Thomas Kuhn lecture notes (undated) box 6 folder 29
    • Universe of Modern Science course evaluations (1996) box 7 folder 1
    • Universe of Modern Science final exam and lecture notes (1997) box 7 folder 19
    • Universe of Modern Science lecture notes (1984-1990) box 7 folder 14
    • Universe of Modern Science lectures (1995-1996) box 7 folder 29
    • Universe of Modern Science lectures (circa 1990s) box 7 folder 27
    • Universe of Modern Science lectures (circa 1990s) box 7 folder 28
    • Universe of Modern Science syllabus, lectures, course notes, final exam and lecture notes (1992) box 7 folder 20
    • Universe of Modern Science syllabus, lectures, course notes, final exam and lecture notes (1992-1998) box 7 folder 21
    • Universe of Modern Science syllabus, lectures, course notes, final exam and lecture notes (1994-2000) box 7 folder 23
    • Universe of Modern Science syllabus, lectures, course notes, final exam and lecture notes (1995) box 7 folder 26
    • Universe of Modern Science syllabus, lectures, course notes, final exam and lecture notes (1997) box 7 folder 25
    • Universe of Modern Science syllabus, lectures, course notes, final exam and lecture notes (circa 1990s) box 7 folder 22
    • Universe of Modern Science syllabus, lectures, course notes, final exam and lecture notes (circa 1990s) box 7 folder 24
    • Various subject notes (circa 1960s-1970s) box 7 folder 15
    • Views of matter and space lecture outlines (1974-1983) box 6 folder 36
    • WFU administrative correspondence (1990-1996) box 7 folder 9
  • Audiocassette recordings
    • Space and Time lectures (1976) box 8 item 4-16
    • The Nature of Scientific Explanation, honors seminar (1979) box 8 item 7-20
    • NEH Summer Seminar Series recordings, tapes 1-10 (1980) box 8 item 1
    • NEH Summer Seminar Series recordings, tapes 11-20 (1980) box 8 item 2
    • NEH Summer Seminar Series recordings, tapes 21-30 (1980) box 8 item 3
    • NEH Summer Seminar. tape 2 (1980) box 8 item 21
    • NEH Summer Seminar, tape 12 (1980) box 8 item 22
    • Blank tapes (undated) box 8 item 23-24

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
Dudley Shapere Papers
ID
MS728
Date [inclusive]
1950-2016
Extent
12.5 Linear Feet  8 record cartons

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