Dying to Know : Scientific Epistemology and Narrative in Victorian England /

"Dying to Know is the work of a distinguished scholar, at the peak of his powers, who is intimately familiar with his materials, and whose knowledge of Victorian fiction and scientific thought is remarkable. This elegant and evocative look at the move toward objectivity first pioneered by Desca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levine, George (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
SCIENCE / General.
science, knowledge, research, experimentation, victorian, history, philosophy, objectivity, truth, disinterest, bias, perspective, positionality, self-abnegation, purity, enlightenment, death, sacrifice, descartes, rhetoric, carlyle, autobiography, epistemology, francis galton, machine, ar wallace, women, gender, our mutual friend, dickens, eliot, literature, daniel deronda, hardy, karl pearson, pater, art, altruism, nonfiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Dying to Know
  • 1. The Narrative of Scientific Epistemology
  • 2. Dying to Know Descartes
  • 3. Carlyle, Descartes, and Objectivity: Lessen Thy Denominator
  • 4. Autobiography As Epistemology: The Effacement of Self
  • 5. My Life As a Machine: Francis Galton, with Some Reflections on A. R.Wallace
  • 6. Self-Effacement Revisited: Women and Scientific Autobiography
  • 7. The Test of Truth: Our Mutual Friend
  • 8. Daniel Deronda: A New Epistemology
  • 9. The Cartesian Hardy: I Think, Therefore I'm Doomed
  • 10. Daring to Know: Karl Pearson and the Romance of Science
  • 11. The Epistemology of Science and Art: Pearson and Pater
  • Epilogue: Objectivity and Altruism
  • Notes
  • Index

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