{"product_id":"the-search-for-a-naturalistic-world-view-volume-2-9780521377454","title":"The Search for a Naturalistic World View: Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbner Shimony an eminent philosopher of science  whose work has exerted a profound influence in both the philosophy and physics communities. This two-volume 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. The first volume  Scientific Method and Epistemology  deals with the dialectic of subject and object  epistemic probability  induction and scientific theories  perception and conception  and fact and values. The focus of the second volume  Natural Sciences and Metaphysics  is on quantum mechanical measurement and non-locality  parts and wholes  time  and mind and matter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67636876378165,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521377455","price":56.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521377454.jpg?v=1791557602","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-search-for-a-naturalistic-world-view-volume-2-9780521377454","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}