Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Dying to Know 1
5. 1. The Narrative of Scientific Epistemology 17
6. 2. Dying to Know Descartes 44
7. 3. Carlyle, Descartes, and Objectivity: Lessen Thy Denominator 66
8. 4. Autobiography As Epistemology: The Effacement of Self 85
9. 5. My Life As a Machine: Francis Galton, with Some Reflections on A. R.Wallace 104
10. 6. Self-Effacement Revisited: Women and Scientific Autobiography 126
11. 7. The Test of Truth: Our Mutual Friend 148
12. 8. Daniel Deronda: A New Epistemology 171
13. 9. The Cartesian Hardy: I Think, Therefore I’m Doomed 200
14. 10. Daring to Know: Karl Pearson and the Romance of Science 220
15. 11. The Epistemology of Science and Art: Pearson and Pater 244
16. Epilogue: Objectivity and Altruism 268
17. Notes 285
18. Index 317