Intelligibility of Nature How Science Makes Sense of the World

Name: Intelligibility of Nature How Science Makes Sense of the World
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ISBN: 9780226139487

ISBN-10: 0226139484

ISBN-13: 9780226139487

Edition: 2006

Authors: Peter Dear

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Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been jostled by numerous evolutions and revolutions, science has always managed to maintain its stronghold as the knowing enterprise that explains how the natural world works: we treat such legendary scientists as Galileo, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein with admiration and reverence because they offer profound and sustaining insight into the meaning of the universe. In "The Intelligibility of Nature," Peter Dear considers how science as such has evolved and how it has marshaled itself to make sense of the world. His intellectual journey begins with…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/29/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 254
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Science as Natural Philosophy, Science as Instrumentality



The Mechanical Universe from Galileo to Newton



A Place for Everything: The Classification of the World



The Chemical Revolution Thwarted by Atoms



Design and Disorder: The Origin of Species



Dynamical Explanation: The Aether and Victorian Machines



How to Understand Nature? Einstein, Bohr, and the Quantum Universe


Conclusion: Making Sense in Science


Notes


Bibliographical Essay


Index