Science Unlimited

Author : Maarten Boudry,Massimo Pigliucci
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226498287

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Science Unlimited? by Maarten Boudry,Massimo Pigliucci Pdf

All too often in contemporary discourse, we hear about science overstepping its proper limits—about its brazenness, arrogance, and intellectual imperialism. The problem, critics say, is scientism: the privileging of science over all other ways of knowing. Science, they warn, cannot do or explain everything, no matter what some enthusiasts believe. In Science Unlimited?, noted philosophers of science Maarten Boudry and Massimo Pigliucci gather a diverse group of scientists, science communicators, and philosophers of science to explore the limits of science and this alleged threat of scientism. In this wide-ranging collection, contributors ask whether the term scientism in fact (or in belief) captures an interesting and important intellectual stance, and whether it is something that should alarm us. Is scientism a well-developed position about the superiority of science over all other modes of human inquiry? Or is it more a form of excessive confidence, an uncritical attitude of glowing admiration? What, if any, are its dangers? Are fears that science will marginalize the humanities and eradicate the human subject—that it will explain away emotion, free will, consciousness, and the mystery of existence—justified? Does science need to be reined in before it drives out all other disciplines and ways of knowing? Both rigorous and balanced, Science Unlimited? interrogates our use of a term that is now all but ubiquitous in a wide variety of contexts and debates. Bringing together scientists and philosophers, both friends and foes of scientism, it is a conversation long overdue.

Author : Mick P
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783748793953

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Science Unlimited by Mick P Pdf

Ash was raised by a wise and kind grandfather Greyheir, a leader of the last stronghold of humanity, an island surrounded by a limitless wasteland. One night, Greyheir was found dead and Ash's girlfriend disappeared. Ash cannot remember what happened that mysterious night; moreover, he is put under home arrest for a crime he never committed. After a year of this lonely misery, Ash will is broken. He decides to kill himself and at that moment, he gets a message left by his perished grandfather. Ash discovers that the world has not been destroyed and the islanders are actually primitive outcasts from the technologically advanced world. Now, the world is consumed by senior communism, a political regime in which any person who reached 60 years old is treated as a god. He also discovers that Greyheir was the man behind this. Being an heir of a great leader, Ash becomes one of the most significant figures in the new world. However, the new impressions of the strange world of tomorrow are faded very fast. A group of revolutionaries whose leader cannot die threatens to destroy the world and their first target will be the island.

Author : United States. Scientific Research and Development Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:30000011058785

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Science, The Endless Frontier by United States. Scientific Research and Development Office Pdf

Author : James H. Fetzer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195352917

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Science, Explanation, and Rationality by James H. Fetzer Pdf

Carl G. Hempel exerted greater influence upon philosophers of science than any other figure during the 20th century. In this far-reaching collection, distinguished philosophers contribute valuable studies that illuminate and clarify the central problems to which Hempel was devoted. The essays enhance our understanding of the development of logical empiricism as the major intellectual influence for scientifically-oriented philosophers and philosophically-minded scientists of the 20th century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Christian Science
ISBN : WISC:89067292003

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The Christian Science Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marvin Farber
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781512801842

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The Search for an Alternative by Marvin Farber Pdf

This is the final work of one of the most influential American philosophers of the twentieth century. After many years of investigation throughout a long and distinguished career, this book represents Marvin Farber's definitive answer to the question of the nature and function of philosophy. Originally a follower of Husserl, Farber can be credited with bringing phenomenology to the attention of American philosophy. In his later years, he abandoned phenomenology for a kind of naturalism and subsequently called himself a Marxist. This volume, which he had been working on since his retirement from active teaching, is the culmination of Farber's analytical abilities. His earlier career was highlighted with many milestones as well. Along with publishing Phenomenology as a Method and as a Philosophical Discipline in 1928 (his first book which served to introduce phenomenology to the United States), Farber organized the International Phenomenological Society. He became its first president in 1931 and began publishing the journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research the next year. In 1940 he published Philosophical Essays in Memory of Edmund Husserl, a collection of essays by a number of Husserl's more distinguished followers, many of whom had emigrated to the United States. Farber's other books include: Foundation of Phenomenology; Naturalism and Subjectivism; he coauthored Philosophy for the Future: The Quest of Modern Materialism. The Search for an Alternative considers the nature of philosophy, discussing Husserl, Marx, Lenin, and Farber's own ideas on phenomenology. Primarily concerned with the philosophy of philosophy, and the analysis of contemporary versions of phenomenology and Marxism, the author contributes penetrating and profound insights on other fundamental philosophical topics such as the nature of value, of essences, of structure, and of possibility and potentiality.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : MINN:31951D02275088Q

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anthony Robbins
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-02
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
ISBN : 074347810X

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Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins Pdf

This self-help guide shows the reader step-by-step how to perform at their peak while gaining emotional and financial freedom, attaining leadership and self-confidence, and winning the confidence of others. It should enable the reader to gain the knowledge and courage to remake themselves.

Author : David Adger
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
ISBN : 9780198828099

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Language Unlimited by David Adger Pdf

Human language allows us to plan, communicate, and create new ideas, without limit. Yet we have only finite experiences, and our languages have finite stores of words. Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology, and linguistics, David Adger takes us on a journey to the hidden structure behind all we say (or sign) and understand.

Author : Brian Shmaefsky,I. Edward Alcamo
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Diseases
ISBN : 9781438101576

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Meningitis by Brian Shmaefsky,I. Edward Alcamo Pdf

An inflammation of the brain or membranes of the nervous system, meningitis is a potentially deadly disease that comes in two main forms: one caused by a virus and one caused by a bacteria.

Author : Jeffrey C. Pommerville
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 971 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781449605940

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Alcamo's Fundamentals of Microbiology by Jeffrey C. Pommerville Pdf

Ideal for allied health and pre-nursing students, Alcamo's Fundamentals of Microbiology: Body Systems, Second Edition, retains the engaging, student-friendly style and active learning approach for which award-winning author and educator Jeffrey Pommerville is known. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Second Edition presents diseases, complete with new content on recent discoveries, in a manner that is directly applicable to students and organized by body system. A captivating art program includes more than 150 newly added and revised figures and tables, while new feature boxes, Textbook Cases, serve to better illuminate key concepts. Pommerville's acclaimed learning design format enlightens and engages students right from the start, and new chapter conclusions round out each chapter, leaving readers with a clear understanding of key concepts.

Author : Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
Publisher : Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biology
ISBN : 0840358652

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Biological Science by Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Pdf

A colltction of copy masters designed to supplement and extend the test material in a variety of ways. Each item is keyed to the most closely related chapter.

Author : Edward Royall Tyler,William Lathrop Kingsley,George Park Fisher,Timothy Dwight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015066914410

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New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler,William Lathrop Kingsley,George Park Fisher,Timothy Dwight Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Criticism
ISBN : MSU:31293017837570

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The New Englander by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Dillon,J.O. Urmson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781350127678

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Iamblichus: On the General Science of Mathematics by John Dillon,J.O. Urmson Pdf

On the General Science of Mathematics is the third of four surviving works out of ten by Iamblichus (c. 245 CE–early 320s) on the Pythagoreans. He thought the Pythagoreans had treated mathematics as essential for drawing the human soul upwards to higher realms described by Plato, and downwards to understand the physical cosmos, the products of arts and crafts and the order required for an ethical life. His Pythagorean treatises use edited quotation to re-tell the history of philosophy, presenting Plato and Aristotle as passing on the ideas invented by Pythagoras and his early followers. Although his quotations tend to come instead from Plato and later Pythagoreanising Platonists, this re-interpretation had a huge impact on the Neoplatonist commentators in Athens. Iamblichus' cleverness, if not to the same extent his re-interpretation, was appreciated by the commentators in Alexandria.