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Autore |
Sorell Tom |
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Titolo |
Scientism [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy and the infatuation with science / / Tom Sorell |
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London, : Routledge, 1991 |
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1-134-84122-1 |
0-585-45579-1 |
1-280-10979-3 |
9786610109791 |
0-203-42697-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Collana |
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International library of philosophy |
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Soggetti |
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Scientism |
Philosophy and science |
Scientism - History |
Philosophy and science - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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