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082			_a510.1 _bWey
100			_aWeyl, Hermann
245			_aPhilosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science
260			_aPrinceton _bPrinceton University Press _c1949
300			_ax; 311p. _c9x6
520			_aWhen mathematician Hermann Weyl decided to write a book on philosophy, he faced what he referred to as "conflicts of conscience"--the objective nature of science, he felt, did not mesh easily with the incredulous, uncertain nature of philosophy. Yet the two disciplines were already intertwined. In Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science, Weyl examines how advances in philosophy were led by scientific discoveries--the more humankind understood about the physical world, the more curious we became. The book is divided into two parts, one on mathematics and the other on the physical sciences. Drawing on work by Descartes, Galileo, Hume, Kant, Leibniz, and Newton, Weyl provides readers with a guide to understanding science through the lens of philosophy. This is a book that no one but Weyl could have written--and, indeed, no one has written anything quite like it since.
546			_aENG
650			_aMathematics- Philosophy
650			_aScience- Philosophy
942			_cBK
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