Correspondence with Stephen Toulmin and June Goodfield, mainly concerning the Foundations of Scientific Policy/Science Policy Research Group, 1963-1965
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/5/3/8
Scope and Contents
The correspondence also includes a draft typescript of Toulmin's, titled 'Foundations of Scientific Policy' (May 1963), and one titled 'Science Policy Research Group: Proposed Investigation' (February 1964).
Dates
- Creation: 1963-1965
Creator
- From the Fonds: Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form wherever noted.
Biographical / Historical
As Director of the Nuffield Foundation Unit for the History of Ideas from 1960 to 1965, Stephen Toulmin established a group, which involved Waddington, in 1963 to discuss the intellectual issues underlying the formation of scientific policy.
Full Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1034
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk