02235nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10432643 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 011026s2002 ilu sb 001 0deng d 2001006417 0226475360 (alk. paper) 9780226475363 9780226475387 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)690177213 e-uk--- PR788.S33 L48 2002eb 828/.80809356 21 Levine, George Lewis. Dying to know [electronic resource] : scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / 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 19th century History and criticism. Literature and science Great Britain History 19th century. Narration (Rhetoric) History 19th century. Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. Science in literature. Science Philosophy. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10432643 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 147109 147109