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2、wasbyfarthe nest:agreatandunforgettableexperience.Iunderstoodnothing,andtherabbididn'tunderstandmucheither."ThiswasoneofNielsBohr'sfavoriteanecdotes(Folse,1985,p.258).Allbooksonphilosophybelongtooneofthethreetypesoftherabbi'stalks.Inanintroductorytextlikethepresentbook,therea
3、derisentitledtoexpectthatitbelongstoRabbiType1".Thisisatleastwhatwehavetriedtoachieve.OurhigherpolytechnicalschoolshavefrequentlybecomeTechnicalUniversities"orUniversitiesofTechnology".Thisimpliesthattheyintendnotonlytogiveaprofoundscienti corprofessionaleducation,butalsot
4、oo eratouchofuniversality".Now,thecommoninterdisci-plinarybackgroundofallscienti c,engineeringandmedicaldisciplinesisbecomingincreasinglyphilosophical".Onallaspectsofphilosophyofmathematicsandnaturalsciencethereareexcellentandevenbrilliantmonographs.Theintentionofthepresent
5、bookismuchmoremodest:toprovideanabsolutelyintroduc-toryyetrathersystematicandcomprehensivetextbooktayloredtotheinterestsofstudentsofscience,technology,andmedicine.Thisbookiswrittennotbyaprofessionalphilosopher,butbyapracticingscientist.Thelackofphilosophicaldepthisthusperhaps
6、partlymadeupbyaknowledgeofthementalityandinterestsofstu-dentsofscienti cdisciplinesandbyactiveresearchexperienceinsci-ence,inwhichinterdisciplinaryandphilosophicalquestionsarearisingnaturallyandtoaneverincreasingextent.viiviiiTheauthor'sphilosophicalinterestsdatebacktotheageo
7、f17years,whenhehappenedtocomeacrossthebrilliantbookAnOut-lineofPhilosophy"byBertrandRussell(Russell1927).Laterhisinter-estschangedfromRusselltohismoreprofoundandmoremany{sidedcolleagueAlfredNorthWhitehead.Tomethereisonlyonemodernphilosopherofcomparabledepthanduniversality:Ca
8、rlFriedrichvonWeizs?acker.In1974and1975Igaveacourseonthephilosophyof
