CHAPTER 8 The Search for a Theory of Everything

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I THE RISE AND FALL OF PHILOSOPHY IN ANTIQUITY
6. CHAPTER 1 The Emergence of Philosophy 25
7. CHAPTER 2 Metaphysics as a Form of Understanding 59
8. CHAPTER 3 Philosophy’s Loss of Autonomy 79
9. PART II PHILOSOPHY RE-PURPOSED AS THE ULTIMATE ARBITER
10. CHAPTER 4 The Creation of an Autonomous Role for Philosophy 111
11. CHAPTER 5 From Natural Philosophy to Epistemology 139
12. CHAPTER 6 Reason versus Sensibility 173
13. PART III THE DECLINE OF PHILOSOPHY AND ITS RE-PURPOSING AS METASCIENCE
14. CHAPTER 7 The Retreat from Philosophy 203
15. CHAPTER 8 The Search for a Theory of Everything 231
16. CHAPTER 9 Science Assimilates Philosophy 261
17. Conclusion 283
18. Notes 289
19. Index 297