Richard Boyle

Natural Novelty

The Newness Manifest in Existence

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Produktbeschreibung

Why do new things happen? Boyle answers through consideration of a conceptual history of the new, logical formalization of how novelty occurs, discussion of the relevance of novelty to scientific questions surrounding Earth, life and consciousness, and integrative reading of the respective philosophies of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 692g
• ISBN-13: 9780761867081
• ISBN-10: 0761867082
• Artikelnr.: 44141273

Autorenporträt

Richard Boyle studies the relationship between major changes in the history of life and associated changes in the history of Earth's climate. He gained a BA in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford, followed by a Masters in Theoretical/Mathematical Biology from the University of London, and a PhD in Earth System Modeling from the University of East Anglia. He has published numerous research papers investigating coevolution of life and its physical environment, and has a keen enthusiasm for philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter Summaries Prelude: Recurrence and
Recombination A Formal Abstract Scheme for Novelty Theoretical
Considerations Relating To Real Instances of Novelty during the History of
Life on Earth Novelty, Meaningful Language Subjectivity and Time: A
Comparative Reading of Selected Works by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin
Heidegger