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- catalog abstract ""Total theories are "beautiful and helpful explanations through attention to system and process" that aggressively claim to account for the universe and everything in it. Vining maintains that some of the most gifted intellectuals and scientists of our time profess these theories without necessarily considering the implications of such totalizing worldviews." "Using the example of the song sparrow and the child, Vining opens our eyes to the ramifications of total theory. He challenges readers to question casual acceptance of the total theories that are widely and quietly taught in contemporary biology, physics, and mathematics - theories that Vining maintains cannot be and are not actually believed by the people espousing them. This book is an invitation to recall our individuality and to take seriously the connection between thought and action, theory and practice. He asks readers to think deeply about what actual belief is and how what we believe in science has crucial consequences for the future of humanity and the natural world."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13145253.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Total theories are "beautiful and helpful explanations through attention to system and process" that aggressively claim to account for the universe and everything in it. Vining maintains that some of the most gifted intellectuals and scientists of our time profess these theories without necessarily considering the implications of such totalizing worldviews." "Using the example of the song sparrow and the child, Vining opens our eyes to the ramifications of total theory. He challenges readers to question casual acceptance of the total theories that are widely and quietly taught in contemporary biology, physics, and mathematics - theories that Vining maintains cannot be and are not actually believed by the people espousing them. This book is an invitation to recall our individuality and to take seriously the connection between thought and action, theory and practice. He asks readers to think deeply about what actual belief is and how what we believe in science has crucial consequences for the future of humanity and the natural world."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Totality after the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 1: The Song Sparrow and the Child -- Chapter 2: The Close Reading of Cosmologies -- Chapter 3: Everything, Only, and Nothing But -- Chapter 4: Identifying Science -- Chapter 5: The Problem of the Negative -- Chapter 6: The Fundamental Acknowledgment in Scientific Thought -- Chapter 7: Ways of Knowing and the Question of Scientific Method -- Chapter 8: The Opening and the Line -- Chapter 9: The Claim of the Child -- Chapter 10: The Claim of the Sparrow -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 198 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Song sparrow and the child.".
- catalog identifier "0268043620".
- catalog isFormatOf "Song sparrow and the child.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press,".
- catalog relation "Song sparrow and the child.".
- catalog subject "140 22".
- catalog subject "BJ57 .V56 2004".
- catalog subject "Ethics.".
- catalog subject "Humanity.".
- catalog subject "Science Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Totality after the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 1: The Song Sparrow and the Child -- Chapter 2: The Close Reading of Cosmologies -- Chapter 3: Everything, Only, and Nothing But -- Chapter 4: Identifying Science -- Chapter 5: The Problem of the Negative -- Chapter 6: The Fundamental Acknowledgment in Scientific Thought -- Chapter 7: Ways of Knowing and the Question of Scientific Method -- Chapter 8: The Opening and the Line -- Chapter 9: The Claim of the Child -- Chapter 10: The Claim of the Sparrow -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.".
- catalog title "The song sparrow and the child : claims of science and humanity / Joseph Vining.".
- catalog type "text".