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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b4005388.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "v. 1. Scientific method and epistemology -- v. 2. Natural science and metaphysics.".
- catalog extent "2 v. :".
- catalog identifier "0521373522 (v. 1)".
- catalog identifier "0521373530 (v. 2)".
- catalog identifier "0521377447 (v. 1 : pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0521377455 (v. 2 : pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "501 20".
- catalog subject "Knowledge, Theory of.".
- catalog subject "Metaphysics.".
- catalog subject "Q175 .S53483 1993".
- catalog subject "Science Methodology.".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "v. 1. Scientific method and epistemology -- v. 2. Natural science and metaphysics.".
- catalog title "Search for a naturalistic world view / Abner Shimony.".
- catalog type "text".