The foundations of metaphysics in science / / by Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
Disciplina | 110 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy : Metaphysics |
Soggetto topico |
Metaphysics
Science |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-138-87103-6
1-315-83020-5 1-317-85217-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. Scientific Philosophy; 1. The Criteria of Science; 2. Empiricism and Atomism; 3. Science and Metaphysics; 4. The task proposed; Part I-The Physical World; II. The Physical World; 1. The Revolution in Physics; 2. Order of Procedure; III. Relativity; 1. Classical Concepts; 2. The special Theory of Relativity; 3. The idea of the field; 4. The General Theory of Relativity; 5. Electrical and magnetic forces; 6. Unification of the physical world
IV. The Primordial Matrix1. The Plenum; 2. Samuel Alexander's Theory; 3. Co-existence and Succession; 4. 'Time is the mind of space'; 5. Organizing Relations; 6. Polyphasic Unity; V. The Expanding Universe; 1. Closure of the Universe; 2. 'That Queer Quantity Infinity'; 3. The 'True Infinite'; 4. Alternative Cosmologies; 5. Eddington and the Constants of Nature; 6. Milne's Kinematic Theory; 7. Interrelatedness; VI. Matter and Energy; 1. Open Questions; 2. The New Theory of Matter; 3. Subject and Object; 4. Probability; 5. The Problem of Continuous Description; 6. Waves and Particles 7. The Principle of Exclusion8. The Atom; VII. Wholeness and Hierarchy; 1. The Unified World; 2. Form and Matter, Order and Chance; 3. Hierarchal Order; 4. Whole and Part; Part II-The Realm of Life; VIII. The Riddle of Life; 1. What is Life?; 2. Crystals; 3. New Levels of Organization; 4. Open Systems; 5. Auturgy; IX. Biochemistry, Natural Selection and the Origin of Life; 1. The Crux of the Problem; 2. Biogenic and Abiogenic Synthesis; 3. Philosophical Implications; X. Organic Activity; 1. The Cell; 2. Growth; 3. Differentiation; 4. Reproduction; 5. Development; 6. Regulation XI. Homeostasis and Relevant VariationXII. Evolution; 1. Introductory; 2. Neo-Darwinism; 3. The Argument from Improbability; 4. Organismic Control of Mutation; 5. Survival Value; 6. Biocoenosis; 7. Directional Progress; XIII. Mechanism and Teleology; 1. Materialism and Vitalism; 2. Objections to Teleology; 3. Regulation and Design; 4. Organization; 5. Prolepsis; 6. Orthogenesis and Lamarkism; 7. End and Process; XIV. The Philosophy of Process and Organism; 1. Scala Naturae; 2. Organism and Dialetic; Part III-Mentality; XV. Body and Mind; 1. Mind and Consciousness 2. Psycho-physical Continuity3. Sensitivity and Sensibility; 4. Neural-Identity Theory; 5. Intensity of Integration; XVI. Feeling; 1. The 'Critical Pitch' of Organization; 2. Primitive Sentience; 3. Exteroceptive Sensations; 4. Field Organization; 5. Emotion; 6. Feeling and Movement; XVII. Consciousness; 1. Attention as Organizing Agency; 2. Creation of Data; 3. Attention and Activity; 4. Schemata and objects; XVIII. Behaviour; 1. Molar and Molecular; 2. Appearance and Reality; 3. The Structure of Instinctive Behaviour; 4. Purposiveness; 5. Learning; XIX. Perception-I Physiological Theories 1. Perception as Appearance |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458282803321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The foundations of metaphysics in science / / by Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
Disciplina | 110 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy : Metaphysics |
Soggetto topico |
Metaphysics
Science |
ISBN |
1-317-85216-8
1-138-87103-6 1-315-83020-5 1-317-85217-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. Scientific Philosophy; 1. The Criteria of Science; 2. Empiricism and Atomism; 3. Science and Metaphysics; 4. The task proposed; Part I-The Physical World; II. The Physical World; 1. The Revolution in Physics; 2. Order of Procedure; III. Relativity; 1. Classical Concepts; 2. The special Theory of Relativity; 3. The idea of the field; 4. The General Theory of Relativity; 5. Electrical and magnetic forces; 6. Unification of the physical world
IV. The Primordial Matrix1. The Plenum; 2. Samuel Alexander's Theory; 3. Co-existence and Succession; 4. 'Time is the mind of space'; 5. Organizing Relations; 6. Polyphasic Unity; V. The Expanding Universe; 1. Closure of the Universe; 2. 'That Queer Quantity Infinity'; 3. The 'True Infinite'; 4. Alternative Cosmologies; 5. Eddington and the Constants of Nature; 6. Milne's Kinematic Theory; 7. Interrelatedness; VI. Matter and Energy; 1. Open Questions; 2. The New Theory of Matter; 3. Subject and Object; 4. Probability; 5. The Problem of Continuous Description; 6. Waves and Particles 7. The Principle of Exclusion8. The Atom; VII. Wholeness and Hierarchy; 1. The Unified World; 2. Form and Matter, Order and Chance; 3. Hierarchal Order; 4. Whole and Part; Part II-The Realm of Life; VIII. The Riddle of Life; 1. What is Life?; 2. Crystals; 3. New Levels of Organization; 4. Open Systems; 5. Auturgy; IX. Biochemistry, Natural Selection and the Origin of Life; 1. The Crux of the Problem; 2. Biogenic and Abiogenic Synthesis; 3. Philosophical Implications; X. Organic Activity; 1. The Cell; 2. Growth; 3. Differentiation; 4. Reproduction; 5. Development; 6. Regulation XI. Homeostasis and Relevant VariationXII. Evolution; 1. Introductory; 2. Neo-Darwinism; 3. The Argument from Improbability; 4. Organismic Control of Mutation; 5. Survival Value; 6. Biocoenosis; 7. Directional Progress; XIII. Mechanism and Teleology; 1. Materialism and Vitalism; 2. Objections to Teleology; 3. Regulation and Design; 4. Organization; 5. Prolepsis; 6. Orthogenesis and Lamarkism; 7. End and Process; XIV. The Philosophy of Process and Organism; 1. Scala Naturae; 2. Organism and Dialetic; Part III-Mentality; XV. Body and Mind; 1. Mind and Consciousness 2. Psycho-physical Continuity3. Sensitivity and Sensibility; 4. Neural-Identity Theory; 5. Intensity of Integration; XVI. Feeling; 1. The 'Critical Pitch' of Organization; 2. Primitive Sentience; 3. Exteroceptive Sensations; 4. Field Organization; 5. Emotion; 6. Feeling and Movement; XVII. Consciousness; 1. Attention as Organizing Agency; 2. Creation of Data; 3. Attention and Activity; 4. Schemata and objects; XVIII. Behaviour; 1. Molar and Molecular; 2. Appearance and Reality; 3. The Structure of Instinctive Behaviour; 4. Purposiveness; 5. Learning; XIX. Perception-I Physiological Theories 1. Perception as Appearance |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791180003321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The foundations of metaphysics in science / / by Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
Disciplina | 110 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy : Metaphysics |
Soggetto topico |
Metaphysics
Science |
ISBN |
1-317-85216-8
1-138-87103-6 1-315-83020-5 1-317-85217-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. Scientific Philosophy; 1. The Criteria of Science; 2. Empiricism and Atomism; 3. Science and Metaphysics; 4. The task proposed; Part I-The Physical World; II. The Physical World; 1. The Revolution in Physics; 2. Order of Procedure; III. Relativity; 1. Classical Concepts; 2. The special Theory of Relativity; 3. The idea of the field; 4. The General Theory of Relativity; 5. Electrical and magnetic forces; 6. Unification of the physical world
IV. The Primordial Matrix1. The Plenum; 2. Samuel Alexander's Theory; 3. Co-existence and Succession; 4. 'Time is the mind of space'; 5. Organizing Relations; 6. Polyphasic Unity; V. The Expanding Universe; 1. Closure of the Universe; 2. 'That Queer Quantity Infinity'; 3. The 'True Infinite'; 4. Alternative Cosmologies; 5. Eddington and the Constants of Nature; 6. Milne's Kinematic Theory; 7. Interrelatedness; VI. Matter and Energy; 1. Open Questions; 2. The New Theory of Matter; 3. Subject and Object; 4. Probability; 5. The Problem of Continuous Description; 6. Waves and Particles 7. The Principle of Exclusion8. The Atom; VII. Wholeness and Hierarchy; 1. The Unified World; 2. Form and Matter, Order and Chance; 3. Hierarchal Order; 4. Whole and Part; Part II-The Realm of Life; VIII. The Riddle of Life; 1. What is Life?; 2. Crystals; 3. New Levels of Organization; 4. Open Systems; 5. Auturgy; IX. Biochemistry, Natural Selection and the Origin of Life; 1. The Crux of the Problem; 2. Biogenic and Abiogenic Synthesis; 3. Philosophical Implications; X. Organic Activity; 1. The Cell; 2. Growth; 3. Differentiation; 4. Reproduction; 5. Development; 6. Regulation XI. Homeostasis and Relevant VariationXII. Evolution; 1. Introductory; 2. Neo-Darwinism; 3. The Argument from Improbability; 4. Organismic Control of Mutation; 5. Survival Value; 6. Biocoenosis; 7. Directional Progress; XIII. Mechanism and Teleology; 1. Materialism and Vitalism; 2. Objections to Teleology; 3. Regulation and Design; 4. Organization; 5. Prolepsis; 6. Orthogenesis and Lamarkism; 7. End and Process; XIV. The Philosophy of Process and Organism; 1. Scala Naturae; 2. Organism and Dialetic; Part III-Mentality; XV. Body and Mind; 1. Mind and Consciousness 2. Psycho-physical Continuity3. Sensitivity and Sensibility; 4. Neural-Identity Theory; 5. Intensity of Integration; XVI. Feeling; 1. The 'Critical Pitch' of Organization; 2. Primitive Sentience; 3. Exteroceptive Sensations; 4. Field Organization; 5. Emotion; 6. Feeling and Movement; XVII. Consciousness; 1. Attention as Organizing Agency; 2. Creation of Data; 3. Attention and Activity; 4. Schemata and objects; XVIII. Behaviour; 1. Molar and Molecular; 2. Appearance and Reality; 3. The Structure of Instinctive Behaviour; 4. Purposiveness; 5. Learning; XIX. Perception-I Physiological Theories 1. Perception as Appearance |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828435203321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hypothesis and perception : the roots of scientific method / / Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology
Hypothesis Perception |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-138-87116-8
1-315-83001-9 1-317-85159-5 1-317-85160-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; PART ONE: CRITICAL; I. PREVALENT VIEWS OF SCIENCE; i. The popular view; ii. Philosophical views; II. INDUCTION; i. Disclaimer of necessity for justification; ii. Induction and probability; iii. The pragmatic justification of induction; iv. Instrumentalism; v. New puzzles for old; vi. The unreasonableness of induction; III. THE EMPIRICIST TREATMENT OF DEDUCTION AND NECESSITY; i. Conventionalism; ii. Deduction and explanation; iii. Counterfactual conditionals; iv. Conclusion
IV. EMPIRICIST REFORMERSi. Dilution of empiricism; ii. Kneale on necessity, perception and consilience; iii. Popper on falsification; (a) Basic statements; (b) Hypothetico-deductive method; PART TWO: HISTORICAL; V. NON-EMPIRICAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE; i. The Copernican revolution; (a) Copernicus; (b) Tycho Brahe; (c) Kepler; (d) Galileo; (e) Newton; ii. Dalton and chemical combination; iii. The conservation of mass and energy; iv. Relativity; VI. 'DEDUCTION FROM PHENOMENA'-CASE HISTORIES; i. Kepler's determination of the orbit of Mars ii. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the bloodiii. Newton's experiments; iv. Lavoisier and combustion; v. Darwin's defence of the evolution hypothesis; vi. The discovery of the positron; vii. Findings; VII. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE; i. Conceptual systems; ii. Recognition of observed data; iii. Articulation and proliferation of schemata; iv. The origins of change; v. The transition process; vi. Innovation and conservatism; vii. System and development; PART THREE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL; VIII. PERCEPTION; i. The epistemological crux; ii. Common views of perception; iii. Sense-data iv. Critique and merits of sense-data theoriesv. Achievement; vi. Discrepancy between 'data' and percept; vii. Schemata; viii. Context; ix. Innate and acquired schemata; x. Influence of past experience; xi. Interpretation; xii. Degrees of organization; xiii. Perception and science; IX. QUESTION AND ANSWER; i. Science and common sense; ii. Question and presupposition; iii. The origins of hypotheses; iv. Analogy and enumeration; v. Abduction; vi. Confirmation; vii. Note: What is meant by 'discovery'?; X. THE LOGIC OF CONSTRUCTION; i. The concept of structure; ii. Formalism, logic and psychology iii. Systematic thinkingiv. Necessity and causality; v. Probability; vi. Induction and deduction; vii. Science as a system; XI. THE DIALECTIC OF PROGRESS; i. Comprehensiveness and consistency as marks of adequacy; ii. Objections and criticisms; iii. Science as a scale; iv. Dialectic; v. The unity of science; vi. Hierarchy; vii. Agreement of results; XII. SCIENCE AND TRUTH; i. Objectivity; ii. Science and reality; iii. Criticism and defence; iv. Knowledge and its object; v. Validity and progress; vi. Science and metaphysics; vii. Science and religion; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453499603321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Hypothesis and perception : the roots of scientific method / / Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology
Hypothesis Perception |
ISBN |
1-138-87116-8
1-315-83001-9 1-317-85159-5 1-317-85160-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; PART ONE: CRITICAL; I. PREVALENT VIEWS OF SCIENCE; i. The popular view; ii. Philosophical views; II. INDUCTION; i. Disclaimer of necessity for justification; ii. Induction and probability; iii. The pragmatic justification of induction; iv. Instrumentalism; v. New puzzles for old; vi. The unreasonableness of induction; III. THE EMPIRICIST TREATMENT OF DEDUCTION AND NECESSITY; i. Conventionalism; ii. Deduction and explanation; iii. Counterfactual conditionals; iv. Conclusion
IV. EMPIRICIST REFORMERSi. Dilution of empiricism; ii. Kneale on necessity, perception and consilience; iii. Popper on falsification; (a) Basic statements; (b) Hypothetico-deductive method; PART TWO: HISTORICAL; V. NON-EMPIRICAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE; i. The Copernican revolution; (a) Copernicus; (b) Tycho Brahe; (c) Kepler; (d) Galileo; (e) Newton; ii. Dalton and chemical combination; iii. The conservation of mass and energy; iv. Relativity; VI. 'DEDUCTION FROM PHENOMENA'-CASE HISTORIES; i. Kepler's determination of the orbit of Mars ii. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the bloodiii. Newton's experiments; iv. Lavoisier and combustion; v. Darwin's defence of the evolution hypothesis; vi. The discovery of the positron; vii. Findings; VII. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE; i. Conceptual systems; ii. Recognition of observed data; iii. Articulation and proliferation of schemata; iv. The origins of change; v. The transition process; vi. Innovation and conservatism; vii. System and development; PART THREE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL; VIII. PERCEPTION; i. The epistemological crux; ii. Common views of perception; iii. Sense-data iv. Critique and merits of sense-data theoriesv. Achievement; vi. Discrepancy between 'data' and percept; vii. Schemata; viii. Context; ix. Innate and acquired schemata; x. Influence of past experience; xi. Interpretation; xii. Degrees of organization; xiii. Perception and science; IX. QUESTION AND ANSWER; i. Science and common sense; ii. Question and presupposition; iii. The origins of hypotheses; iv. Analogy and enumeration; v. Abduction; vi. Confirmation; vii. Note: What is meant by 'discovery'?; X. THE LOGIC OF CONSTRUCTION; i. The concept of structure; ii. Formalism, logic and psychology iii. Systematic thinkingiv. Necessity and causality; v. Probability; vi. Induction and deduction; vii. Science as a system; XI. THE DIALECTIC OF PROGRESS; i. Comprehensiveness and consistency as marks of adequacy; ii. Objections and criticisms; iii. Science as a scale; iv. Dialectic; v. The unity of science; vi. Hierarchy; vii. Agreement of results; XII. SCIENCE AND TRUTH; i. Objectivity; ii. Science and reality; iii. Criticism and defence; iv. Knowledge and its object; v. Validity and progress; vi. Science and metaphysics; vii. Science and religion; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791064603321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Hypothesis and perception : the roots of scientific method / / Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina |
501
001.42 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology
Hypothesis Perception |
ISBN |
1-138-87116-8
1-315-83001-9 1-317-85159-5 1-317-85160-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; PART ONE: CRITICAL; I. PREVALENT VIEWS OF SCIENCE; i. The popular view; ii. Philosophical views; II. INDUCTION; i. Disclaimer of necessity for justification; ii. Induction and probability; iii. The pragmatic justification of induction; iv. Instrumentalism; v. New puzzles for old; vi. The unreasonableness of induction; III. THE EMPIRICIST TREATMENT OF DEDUCTION AND NECESSITY; i. Conventionalism; ii. Deduction and explanation; iii. Counterfactual conditionals; iv. Conclusion
IV. EMPIRICIST REFORMERSi. Dilution of empiricism; ii. Kneale on necessity, perception and consilience; iii. Popper on falsification; (a) Basic statements; (b) Hypothetico-deductive method; PART TWO: HISTORICAL; V. NON-EMPIRICAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE; i. The Copernican revolution; (a) Copernicus; (b) Tycho Brahe; (c) Kepler; (d) Galileo; (e) Newton; ii. Dalton and chemical combination; iii. The conservation of mass and energy; iv. Relativity; VI. 'DEDUCTION FROM PHENOMENA'-CASE HISTORIES; i. Kepler's determination of the orbit of Mars ii. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the bloodiii. Newton's experiments; iv. Lavoisier and combustion; v. Darwin's defence of the evolution hypothesis; vi. The discovery of the positron; vii. Findings; VII. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE; i. Conceptual systems; ii. Recognition of observed data; iii. Articulation and proliferation of schemata; iv. The origins of change; v. The transition process; vi. Innovation and conservatism; vii. System and development; PART THREE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL; VIII. PERCEPTION; i. The epistemological crux; ii. Common views of perception; iii. Sense-data iv. Critique and merits of sense-data theoriesv. Achievement; vi. Discrepancy between 'data' and percept; vii. Schemata; viii. Context; ix. Innate and acquired schemata; x. Influence of past experience; xi. Interpretation; xii. Degrees of organization; xiii. Perception and science; IX. QUESTION AND ANSWER; i. Science and common sense; ii. Question and presupposition; iii. The origins of hypotheses; iv. Analogy and enumeration; v. Abduction; vi. Confirmation; vii. Note: What is meant by 'discovery'?; X. THE LOGIC OF CONSTRUCTION; i. The concept of structure; ii. Formalism, logic and psychology iii. Systematic thinkingiv. Necessity and causality; v. Probability; vi. Induction and deduction; vii. Science as a system; XI. THE DIALECTIC OF PROGRESS; i. Comprehensiveness and consistency as marks of adequacy; ii. Objections and criticisms; iii. Science as a scale; iv. Dialectic; v. The unity of science; vi. Hierarchy; vii. Agreement of results; XII. SCIENCE AND TRUTH; i. Objectivity; ii. Science and reality; iii. Criticism and defence; iv. Knowledge and its object; v. Validity and progress; vi. Science and metaphysics; vii. Science and religion; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808958603321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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