The Search for a Naturalistic World View: Volume 1
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The Search for a Naturalistic World View: Volume 1 by Abner Shimony
Abner Shimony is one of the most eminent of present-day philosophers of science, whose work has exerted a profound influence in both the philosophy and physics communities. This two-volume 1993 collection of his essays written over a period of forty years explores the interrelations between science and philosophy. Shimony regards the knowing subject as an entity in nature whose faculties must be studied from the points of view of evolutionary biology and empirical psychology. He maintains that the twentieth century is one of the great ages of metaphysics, given the deep implications of quantum mechanics, relativity theory and molecular biology. Nevertheless he rejects the thesis that mentality is entirely explicable in physical terms and argues that mind has a fundamental place in nature. Though distinguishing between values and scientifically established facts, Shimony holds that the sense of wonder cultivated by the natural sciences is one of the noblest of human values.
Winner 1996 Lakatos Award
"This collection of papers is an admirable contribution to the study of nature and of how we aquire knowledge of itShimony's work is an important model for how these investigations ought to be carried out." The Philosophical Review
"There is so much to be learned and savored in these two volumes that my goal here has not been to 'summarize' Abner Shimony's Oeuvres, but to entice the reader into perusing this collection of masterfully written essays." American Journal of Physics
"There is so much to be learned and savored in these two volumes that my goal here has not been to 'summarize' Abner Shimony's Oeuvres, but to entice the reader into perusing this collection of masterfully written essays." American Journal of Physics
"This collection of papers is an admirable contribution to the study of nature and of how we aquire knowledge of itShimony's work is an important model for how these investigations ought to be carried out." The Philosophical Review
"There is so much to be learned and savored in these two volumes that my goal here has not been to 'summarize' Abner Shimony's Oeuvres, but to entice the reader into perusing this collection of masterfully written essays." American Journal of Physics
"There is so much to be learned and savored in these two volumes that my goal here has not been to 'summarize' Abner Shimony's Oeuvres, but to entice the reader into perusing this collection of masterfully written essays." American Journal of Physics
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521377447 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521377447 |
| Title | The Search for a Naturalistic World View: Volume 1 |
| Author | Abner Shimony |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1993-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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