A presentation of the philosophy of science organized around the treatment of mathematics and information. The somewhat unusual approach allows the author to deal in a surprisingly integrated way with mathematics, measurement, motion, probability, relativity theory, quantum mechanics, molecular biology, psychology, ethics, economic theory and social choice.
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David Hawkins received a B.A. in 1934 and an M.A. in 1936 from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1940. He was primarely interested in the philosophy of science and in ethics. Together with his wife, Francis (née Pockman) he founded the CU campus-based Mountain View Center for Environmental Education.