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Marriage of Sense and Thought
Contributor(s): Edelglass, Stephen (Author), Davy, John (Joint Author), Maier, Georg (Joint Author)
ISBN: 0940262827     ISBN-13: 9780940262829
Publisher: Lindisfarne Books
OUR PRICE:   $16.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 1997
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Annotation: Few would question the fact that sense experience originally provided a firm basis for empirical natural science. Yet contemporary science has reduced the world to particles and forces that lie well beyond the reach of our human senses. The extraordinary -- and alienating -- fact is that human experience no longer has a place within our scientific worldview.

The authors of this book, a revised edition of Matter and Mind, have begun to unravel this paradox. They show that the concepts of modern physics such as mass, force, or velocity are deeply rooted in the experience of specific senses. Each of our senses is a gateway into a different aspect of the world. This insight throws a new light on the dilemmas of contemporary science, such as the wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics.

By recognizing the essential role of sense perception in scientific knowledge, this highly readable book lays the foundations for a science that, while maintaining its rigorous methodology, can begin to incorporate the fullness of human experience into its domain.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Science | Research & Methodology
- Philosophy | Epistemology
Dewey: 501
LCCN: 96029674
Series: Renewal in Science
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.49" W x 8.52" (0.50 lbs) 160 pages