عنوان

Search for a naturalistic world view /

(Number (ISBN

0521373522

(Number (ISBN

0521373530

(Number (ISBN

0521377447

(Number (ISBN

0521377455

(Number (ISBN

9780521373524

(Number (ISBN

9780521373531

(Number (ISBN

9780521377447

(Number (ISBN

9780521377454

Number

b721910

Title Proper

Search for a naturalistic world view /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Abner Shimony.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1993.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

2 volumes :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

v. 1. Scientific method and epistemology -- v. 2. Natural science and metaphysics.

0

Text of Note

Abner Shimony is one of the most eminent of present-day philosophers of science, whose work has exerted a profound influence in both the philosophy and physics communities. This two-volume collection of his essays written over a period of forty years explores the interrelations between science and philosophy. Shimony regards the knowing subject as an entity in nature whose faculties must be studied from the points of view of evolutionary biology and empirical psychology. He maintains that the twentieth century is one of the great ages of metaphysics, given the deep implications of quantum mechanics, relativity theory, and molecular biology. Nevertheless he rejects the thesis that mentality is entirely explicable in physical terms and argues that mind has a fundamental place in nature. Though distinguishing between values and scientifically established facts, Shimony holds that the sense of wonder cultivated by the natural sciences is one of the noblest of human values. The first volume, Scientific Method and Epistemology, deals with the dialectic of subject and object, epistemic probability, induction and scientific theories, perception and conception, and fact and values. The focus of the second volume, Natural Sciences and Metaphysics, is on quantum mechanical measurement and non-locality, parts and wholes, time, and mind and matter.--Publisher's description.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Metaphysics.

Science-- Methodology.

Science-- Philosophy.

EPISTEMOLOGIA.

FILOSOFIA DA CIÊNCIA.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Knowledge, Theory of.

METAFÍSICA.

Metaphysics.

Metaphysics.

Naturalisme.

Science-- Methodology.

Science-- Methodology.

Science-- Philosophy.

Science-- Philosophy.

Sciences-- Philosophie.

Théorie quantique.

Wetenschapsfilosofie.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

System Code

Shimony, Abner.

Date of Transaction

20201208132438.0

Electronic name

[Book]

Y