Robert Musil and the question of science : ethics, aesthetics, and the problem of the two cultures /: ethics, aesthetics, and the problem of the two cultures. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tim Mehigan.
• Authors: Mehigan, Timothy J
• Contents: Introduction: Musil's Intellectual Position -- Musil and the Two Cultures. The Question of Science -- Musil, Ernst Mach, and the Problem of Causality -- Musil's Theory of Vision -- The Essays -- Aesthetics and Ethics in the Context of the Two Cultures. Modernity's Crisis -- Musil's Concept of Value -- Unions: "An Episode of More than Merely Personal Significance" -- The Problem of Trust in The Man Without Qualities -- Musil's Correspondence Project: The Man Without Qualities and The Blackbird -- Conclusion: "A General Secretariat of Precision and Soul": Ethics, Knowledge, and Literature after the Fourth Revolution -- References -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, New York : Camden House
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 833/.912; Philosophy; Science; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation; Philosophy; Knowledge -- Science
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787446755; 1787446751
• Related ISBNs: 9781640140660; 1640140662
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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