{"product_id":"the-marriage-of-sense-and-thought-imaginative-participation-in-science-paperback","title":"The Marriage of Sense and Thought: Imaginative Participation in Science - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Edelglass\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eStephen Edelglass\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eStephen Edelglass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is generally accepted that science entails an effort to be 'objective.' But it is not generally realized that such science is based upon assumed notions concerning the nature of the universe, notions settled upon before any description or discussion even begins. The most primary and obvious of such notions is that the universe consists essentially of 'objects.'\" (from the book)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving imagined a machine-like world, scientists now haunt this machine uneasily. Their plight is paradoxical: they have realized their world only through intense mental effort, yet this effort finds no legitimate place in the world it so painstakingly comprehends. It seems \"objectivity\" comes only at a cost. Why, for example, is science unable to describe a smile? Why is the moral life of a physicist regarded as one's own private affair?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exclusion of human qualities from science has both practical and theoretical consequences. If we systematically imagine a world in which human beings do not exist, we will eventually create a world in which they \u003ci\u003ecannot\u003c\/i\u003e exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReclaiming the human sources of scientific insight, the authors of this book restore scientists to the world given by science and celebrate the joyous marriage of sense and thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\"Scientists see the world as a machine, which they haunt like ghosts. Since the idea of a detached observer seems to call for attentiveness, but otherwise for no mental work, the scientist is actually a rather passive ghost. Yet one of the experiences common to all scientists is that of intense mental work--indeed, work that takes place within the mind, the very realm with no existence in the objective universe.\" (from the book)\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49504443891864,"sku":"9781584201069","price":27.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/rb5SIHz2Z19781584201069.webp?v=1784375524","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-marriage-of-sense-and-thought-imaginative-participation-in-science-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}