1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450700803321

Autore

Sorell Tom

Titolo

Scientism [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy and the infatuation with science / / Tom Sorell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 1991

ISBN

1-134-84122-1

0-585-45579-1

1-280-10979-3

9786610109791

0-203-42697-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

International library of philosophy

Disciplina

100

149

Soggetti

Scientism

Philosophy and science

Scientism - History

Philosophy and science - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; SCIENTISM; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 SCIENTISM AND 'SCIENTIFIC EMPIRICISM'; What is scientism?; Scientism in twentieth-century philosophy; Five theses of scientific empiricism; The scientism in scientific empiricism; Beyond the exact sciences; A place for the humanities?; Difficulties; 2 THE ROOTS OF SCIENTISM?; Rorty on mirroring; Descartes and ideas fit for science; Ideas and veils of perception; Idols without veils of perception; Seventeenth-century philosophy and the benefits of science; A questionable pre-eminence for reason and science

Bacon and practical reason 3 REASON, SCIENCE AND THE WIDER CULTURE; Faculties of the mind and faculties of knowledge; Reason and the lower faculties of knowledge; Practical reason; Practical reason in history; Reason, culture and human nature; Other faculties; Aesthetic feeling; Genius; The fine arts and their value; The sciences and practical



science; Difficulties; The Kantian apparatus; The status of history and religion; The arts and the purposes of the arts; 4 MORAL CRITICISMS OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES; Five objections to science; Science and pride; Science and evil ends

Science and insensitivity Science and the conditions of decadence; Science and meaninglessness; Conclusion, and a remark about moral objections to the arts; Second thoughts about the ends of culture; 5 THE TWO CULTURES; The Snow-Leavis controversy; The two cultures and one-sidedness; The arts, science and the mediation of the humanities; The danger of denying (or deconstructing) a difference; The new monotony and the value of diversity; Rorty and 'dedivinization'; 6 THE NEW SCIENTISM IN PHILOSOPHY; Pluralism about philosophical problems; Naturalized epistemology

Variations on a 'replacement' thesis Unassimilated epistemology; Philosophy without folk psychology?; Folk psychologies; 7 NATURALISMS IN THE MORAL SCIENCES; Ethics, objectivity and naturalism; Values and secondary qualities compared; A model for the subjectivity of value?; The asymmetry developed; 'Darwinian ethics'; From morals to the moral sciences; Social studies, science and interpretation; 'Critical naturalism'; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sorrell is critical of the scientistic tendency in philosophy. He does not wish to devalue science but supports the need to raise the status of arts and humanities within the discipline.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795891903321

Autore

Woolcock Richard

Titolo

Atari 130XE games book / / Richard Woolcock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Andrews UK Ltd., , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

9781789825398

9781789826234

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 pages)

Collana

Retro Reproductions ; ; v.13

Disciplina

790.196

Soggetti

Educational games

Games

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher info -- Atari 130XE Games Book -- Arrangement of programs -- Chexsum -- How Can You Tell if CHEXSUM Has Been Entered Correctly -- Using CHEXSUM -- Bomber -- Othello -- Mountains -- Vogons -- Life -- Ratmaze -- 2D Maze -- Minotaur -- Battleship -- Crypt -- Dungeons -- Letrmaze -- Breakin -- Racer -- Rocks -- Snowball -- Hunter -- Takeaway -- Sortgame -- Sleft -- Oxo -- Pingpong -- Rock collector -- Snakes -- Diamond Hunt -- Spacman -- Mazing -- Worma -- Patrol car -- Robots -- Back Matter -- Also available 1 -- Also available 2.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1985, this book enabled a whole new generation to learn game coding on their Atari 130XE - one of Atari's acclaimed 8-bit home computers. The XE had two joysticks rather than the four of its sibling models, however it did come with a full 128kb of bank-switched RAM.Although it was not as successful in America as the Commodore 64 - or the ZX Spectrum in Europe - the machine retains a large fanbase to this day.As the original publisher Melbourne House wrote:* * * *Turn your Atari into an exciting arcade of electronic fun and thrills with the easy-to-enter ready-made programs in this book. Containing 30 different games designed to demonstrate the complete capabilities of the Atari 130XE - arcade games, strategy games and adventures are all here for you to enjoy - without the need for any complex



programming skills!Each game includes a screen photo, to illustrate exactly what the program will look like, and the unique CHEXSUM facility, to avoid those costly.