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John Dupré - Disorder of Things, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

Disorder of Things

Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science

Av John Dupré

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Beskrivning
The great dream of philosophers and scientists for millennia has been to give us a complete account of the order of things. A powerful articulation of such a dream in this century has been found in the idea of a unity of science. With this manifesto, John Dupré systematically attacks the ideal of scientific unity by showing how its underlying assumptions are at odds with the central conclusions of science itself. In its stead, the author gives us a metaphysics much more in keeping with what science tells us about the world. Elegantly written and compellingly argued, this provocative book will be important reading for all philosophers and scholars of science.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1995-03-19
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
  • Vikt: 390 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 320
  • Förlag: Harvard University Press
  • ISBN: 9780674212619
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John Dupré is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University and the editor of The Latest on the Best: Essays on Evolution and Optimality.

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Dupré’s book is original, lucid and confident, without being eccentric, polemical or arrogant. It deserves close attention… Dupré insists that there is no general scientific method, process, or attitude… He pins down the notion of the unity of science as a form of scientism appropriate only to a Utopia or to totalitarianism. He notes that ‘paradoxically, with the disunity of science comes a kind of unity of knowledge.’ That is why, to my mind, this is just the kind of philosophical teaching that is needed to close the gap between the two cultures.

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