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Scientism [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy and the infatuation with science / / Tom Sorell
| Scientism [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy and the infatuation with science / / Tom Sorell |
| Autore | Sorell Tom |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina |
100
149 |
| Collana | International library of philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Scientism
Philosophy and science Scientism - History Philosophy and science - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-84122-1
0-585-45579-1 1-280-10979-3 9786610109791 0-203-42697-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450700803321 |
Sorell Tom
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| London, : Routledge, 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scientism [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy and the infatuation with science / / Tom Sorell
| Scientism [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy and the infatuation with science / / Tom Sorell |
| Autore | Sorell Tom |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina |
100
149 |
| Collana | International library of philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Scientism
Philosophy and science Scientism - History Philosophy and science - History |
| ISBN |
1-134-84122-1
0-585-45579-1 1-280-10979-3 9786610109791 0-203-42697-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783995803321 |
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Sorell Tom
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||
| London, : Routledge, 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Scientism : philosophy and the infatuation with science / / Tom Sorell
| Scientism : philosophy and the infatuation with science / / Tom Sorell |
| Autore | Sorell Tom |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina |
100
149 |
| Collana | International library of philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Scientism
Philosophy and science Scientism - History Philosophy and science - History |
| ISBN |
1-134-84122-1
0-585-45579-1 1-280-10979-3 9786610109791 0-203-42697-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953677903321 |
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Sorell Tom
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| London, : Routledge, 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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