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The Search for a Naturalistic World View: Volume 2
Abner Shimony
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Paperback. This two-volume collection of Abner Shimony's essays written over a period of forty years explores the interrelations between science and philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Abner Shimony an eminent philosopher 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. The first volume, Scientific Method and Epistemology, ... Read more
Abner Shimony an eminent philosopher 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. The first volume, Scientific Method and Epistemology, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521377454
SKU
V9780521377454
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Reviews for The Search for a Naturalistic World View: Volume 2
Winner 1996 Lakatos Award "This collection of papers is an admirable contribution to the study of nature and of how we aquire knowledge of it. Shimony's work is an important model for how these investigations ought to be carried out." The Philosophical Review "There is so much to be learned and savored in these two volumes that my ... Read more