TY - BOOK AU - Levine,George Lewis ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Dying to know: scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England AV - PR788.S33 L48 2002eb U1 - 828/.80809356 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Descartes, René, KW - English prose literature KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - Literature and science KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Narration (Rhetoric) KW - Knowledge, Theory of, in literature KW - Science in literature KW - Science KW - Philosophy KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10432643 ER -