Science And The Myth Of Progress
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Science And The Myth Of Progress
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Author : Mehrdad M. Zarandi
language : en
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Release Date : 2003
Science And The Myth Of Progress written by Mehrdad M. Zarandi and has been published by World Wisdom, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Religion categories.
In the wake of the fall / Frithjof Schuon -- Sacred and profane science / René Guénon -- Traditional cosmology and the modern world / Titus Burckhardt -- Religion and science / Lord Northbourne -- Contemporary man, between the rim and the axis / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Christianity and the religious thought of C.G. Jung / Philip Sherrard - - On earth as it is in heaven / James S. Cutsinger -- The nature and extent of criticism of evolutionary theory / Osman Bakar -- Knowledge and knowledge / D.M. Matheson -- Knowledge and its counterfeits / Gai Eaton -- Ignorance / Wendell Berry -- The plague of scientistic belief / Wolfgang Smith -- Scientism: the bedrock of the modern worldview / Huston Smith -- Life as non-historical reality / Giuseppe Sermonti -- Man, creation and the fossil record / Michael Robert Negus -- The act of creation: bridging transcendence and immanence / William A. Dembski.
Science And The Myth Of Progress
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Author : Mehrdad M. Zarandi
language : en
Publisher:
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Science And The Myth Of Progress written by Mehrdad M. Zarandi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Can the knowledge provided by modern science satisfy our needto know the most profound nature of reality and of humanity?aThe great advantage of this book is that it puts together texts ofauthors whose lucidity about modern science goes far beyond emotionalreaction and moralist subjectivity... Here, Science and Faith arereconciled in an unexpected way: scientific objectivity is not an issue;but the real issue, where one sees no proof of progress, is whetherman is capable of using modern science properly.: 3Jean-PierreLafouge, Marquette University.aWriting as an active research scientist, living in the present Cultureof Disbelief created (partly unwittingly) by the science establishment,I can think of no Research and Development project more significantto the future of humanity than putting science back into its properplace as a part of culture, but not its religion. This book is an excellentcontribution to that paramount goal.: 3Rustum Roy, Evan PughProfessor of the Solid State, Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University.
The Myth Of Progress
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Author : Tom Wessels
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 2013
The Myth Of Progress written by Tom Wessels and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Science categories.
A provocative critique of Western progress from a scientific perspective
The Myth Of Inevitable Progress
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Author : Franco Ferrarotti
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1985
The Myth Of Inevitable Progress written by Franco Ferrarotti and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Social Science categories.
Franco Ferrarotti examines the ways in which we have come to cope with the problems unforeseen by the early idealists of the industrial age. Beginning with a detailed critique of the Enlightenment concept of the individual and how it compares to present day values, beliefs, and attitudes, he proceeds to demonstrate how current technology influences the lives of individuals in the work place and in the community at large. The influence of science and industrial progress on our development as human beings is critically analyzed. Finally, Ferrarotti gives some suggestions as to how we may find a way out of the dilemmas facing modern society and speculates on the fates of those societies currently in transition. While many writers have dealt with specific aspects of the modern industrial age, Ferrarotti faces squarely the general problem of the social and political impact of technologically based life.
The Glass Half Empty
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Author : Rodrigo Aguilera
language : en
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Release Date : 2020-03-10
The Glass Half Empty written by Rodrigo Aguilera and has been published by Watkins Media Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-10 with Political Science categories.
Despite the doom and gloom of financial crises, global terrorism, climate collapse, and the rise of the far-right, a number of leading intellectuals (Steven Pinker, Hans Rosling, Johan Norberg, and Matt Ridley, among others) have been arguing in recent years that the world is getting better and better. But this “progress narrative” is little more than a very conservative defence of the capitalist status quo. At a time when liberal democracy appears incapable of stemming the tide of the far-right populism, and when laissez-faire capitalism is ill-equipped to deal with socio-economic problems like climate change, inequality, and the future of wok, the real advocates of progress are those willing to challenge these established paradigms. The Glass Half-Empty argues that, without criticising the systems of capitalism, the changes needed to make a better world will always fall short of our expectations. The "progress narrative" needs to be challenged before we stumble into a potentially catastrophic future, despite having the means to build a truly better world.
Women Technology And The Myth Of Progress
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Author : Eileen B. Leonard
language : en
Publisher: Pearson
Release Date : 2003
Women Technology And The Myth Of Progress written by Eileen B. Leonard and has been published by Pearson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Leonard (sociology, Vassar College) provides a critical analysis of technology, with a focus on the experiences of contemporary U.S. women. Coverage includes the social nature of technological development and use; mass media and its messages; the impact of technological developments on the social and economic status of women in the U.S.; specific problems associated with reproductive, office, and household technologies; reasons why technology has not been subjected to more critique in American society; and the potential of technology to improve human life. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
The Myth Of The Framework
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Author : Karl Popper
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-23
The Myth Of The Framework written by Karl Popper and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with Philosophy categories.
In a career spanning sixty years, Sir Karl Popper has made some of the most important contributions to the twentieth century discussion of science and rationality. The Myth of the Framework is a new collection of some of Popper's most important material on this subject. Sir Karl discusses such issues as the aims of science, the role that it plays in our civilization, the moral responsibility of the scientist, the structure of history, and the perennial choice between reason and revolution. In doing so, he attacks intellectual fashions (like positivism) that exagerrate what science and rationality have done, as well as intellectual fashions (like relativism) that denigrate what science and rationality can do. Scientific knowledge, according to Popper, is one of the most rational and creative of human achievements, but it is also inherently fallible and subject to revision. In place of intellectual fashions, Popper offers his own critical rationalism - a view that he regards both as a theory of knowlege and as an attitude towards human life, human morals and democracy. Published in cooperation with the Central European University.
Progress And Its Problems
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Author : Larry Laudan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1978-10-27
Progress And Its Problems written by Larry Laudan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-10-27 with Science categories.
"A book that shakes philosophy of science to its roots. Laudan both destroys and creates. With detailed, scathing criticisms, he attacks the 'pregnant confusions' in extant philosophies of science. The progress they espouse derives from strictly empirical criteria, he complains, and this clashes with historical evidence. Accordingly, Laudan constructs a remedy from historical examples that involves nothing less than the redefinition of scientific rationality and progress . . . Surprisingly, after this reshuffling, science still looks like a noble-and progressive-enterprise ... The glory of Laudan's system is that it preserves scientific rationality and progress in the presence of social influence. We can admit extra-scientific influences without lapsing into complete relativism. . . a must for both observers and practitioners of science." --Physics Today "A critique and substantial revision of the historic theories of scientific rationality and progress (Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend, etc.). Laudan focuses on contextual problem solving effectiveness (carefully defined) as a criterion for progress, and expands the notion of 'paradigm' to a 'research tradition,' thus providing a meta-empirical basis for the commensurability of competing theories. From this perspective, Laudan suggests revised programs for history and philosophy of science, the history of ideas, and the sociology of science. A superb work, closely argued, clearly written, and extensively annotated, this book will become a widely required text in intermediate courses."--Choice
Scientific Progress
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Author : James Jeans
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-09
Scientific Progress written by James Jeans and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-09 with History categories.
First published in 1936, this volume contains six of the Halley Stewart Lectures – originally founded "For Research towards the Christian Ideal in All Social Life" – by some of the greatest of English scientists of the mid-20th century, each a leading authority in his respective field: cosmology, physics, meteorology, medicine and genetics. The final lecture considers the relationship between scientific knowledge and human ideals, commenting on the paradox that a century which produced such scientific advance also witnessed the most concentrated period of social, economic and political turmoil in world history.
Science Technology And Social Progress
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Author : Steven L. Goldman
language : en
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Release Date : 1989
Science Technology And Social Progress written by Steven L. Goldman and has been published by Lehigh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Science categories.
This collection examines the features of Western culture and of the practices of science and technology that anchor the idea of progress in the face of more than a half century of intellectual criticism.