LEADER 04202nam 2200601 450 001 9910495871303321 005 20230801215313.0 010 $a0-520-91287-X 010 $a0-585-27203-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520912878 035 $a(CKB)111004366708604 035 $a(MH)002799579-8 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275853 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12060595 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275853 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223025 035 $a(PQKB)10987319 035 $a(DE-B1597)543698 035 $a(OCoLC)1149438315 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520912878 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30495631 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30495631 035 $a(PPN)149652682 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366708604 100 $a20230801d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aYorick's World $eScience and the Knowing Subject /$fPeter Caws 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aBerkeley ;$aLos Angeles, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[1993] 210 4$dİ1993 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 393 p. )$cill. ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-07919-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPreface to Part I --$t1. Aspects of Hempel's Philosophy of Science --$t2. Science and System: --$t3. Gosse's Omphalos Theory and the Eccentricity of Belief --$t4. Creationism and Evolution --$tPreface to Part II --$t5. The Paradox of Induction and the Inductive Wager --$t6. The Structure of Discovery --$t7. Induction and the Kindness of Nature --$tPreface to Part III --$t8. Three Logics, or the Possibility of the Improbable --$t9. Mach's Principle and the Laws of Logic --$t10. A Quantum Theory of Causality --$t11. A Negative Interpretation of the Causal Principle --$tPreface to Part IV --$t12. Science, Computers, and the Complexity of Nature --$t13. Praxis and Techne --$t14. On the Concept of a Domain of Praxis --$t15. Individual Praxis in Real Time --$t16. Towards a Philosophy of Technology --$t17. Scientific Theory as an Historical Anomaly --$tPreface to Part V --$t18. Is There (Scientific) Knowledge? Who Knows? --$t19. The Law of Quantity and Quality, or What Numbers Can and Can't Describe --$t20. On Being in the Same Place at the Same Time --$t21. On a Circularity in Our Knowledge of the Physically Real --$t22. Truth and Presence --$tPreface to Part VI --$t23. Science, Surrealism, and the Status of the Subject --$t24. Subjectivity in the Machine --$t25. Rethinking Intentionality --$t26. Yorick's World, or the Universe in a Single Skull --$t27. A Case for the Human Sciences --$tNotes --$tNotes on Sources --$tIndex 330 $aPeter Caws provides a fresh and often iconoclastic treatment of some of the most vexing problems in the philosophy of science: explanation, induction, causality, evolution, discovery, artificial intelligence, and the social implications of technological rationality. Caws's work has been shaped equally by the insights of Continental philosophy and a concern with scientific practice. In these twenty-eight essays spanning more than a quarter of a century, he ranges from discussions of the work of French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, to relations between science and surrealism, to the concept of intentionality, to the limits of quantitative description. A lively mix of history, theory, speculation, and analysis, Yorick's World presents a vision of science that includes human history and social life. It will interest professional philosophers and scientists, and at the same time its directness will make it readily accessible to nontechnical readers. 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of. 676 $a501 700 $aCaws$b Peter$045644 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495871303321 996 $aYorick's World$92572115 997 $aUNINA