Levine, George Lewis.
Dying to know scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / [electronic resource] : George Levine. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002. - xi, 326 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-315) and index.
The narrative of scientific epistemology -- Dying to know Descartes -- Carlyle, Descartes, and objectivity : lessen thy denominator -- Autobiography as epistemology : the effacement of self -- My life as a machine : Francis Galton, with some reflections on A.R. Wallace -- Self-effacement revisited : women and scientific autobiography -- The test of truth : Our Mutual Friend -- Daniel Deronda : a new epistemology -- The Cartesian Hardy : I think, therefore I'm doomed -- Daring to know : Karl Pearson and the romance of science -- The epistemology of science and art : Pearson and Pater.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Descartes, Ren�e, 1596-1650 --Influence.
English prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
Science in literature.
Science--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
PR788.S33 / L48 2002eb
828/.80809356
Dying to know scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / [electronic resource] : George Levine. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002. - xi, 326 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-315) and index.
The narrative of scientific epistemology -- Dying to know Descartes -- Carlyle, Descartes, and objectivity : lessen thy denominator -- Autobiography as epistemology : the effacement of self -- My life as a machine : Francis Galton, with some reflections on A.R. Wallace -- Self-effacement revisited : women and scientific autobiography -- The test of truth : Our Mutual Friend -- Daniel Deronda : a new epistemology -- The Cartesian Hardy : I think, therefore I'm doomed -- Daring to know : Karl Pearson and the romance of science -- The epistemology of science and art : Pearson and Pater.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Descartes, Ren�e, 1596-1650 --Influence.
English prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
Science in literature.
Science--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
PR788.S33 / L48 2002eb
828/.80809356