Dorothea E Olkowski

Postmodern Philosophy and the Scientific Turn

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Olkowski proposes a model of phenomenology, both scientific and philosophical, that helps make sense of reality and composes an ethics for dealing with unpredictability in our world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9780253001122
• ISBN-10: 0253001129
• Artikelnr.: 34930004

Autorenporträt

Dorothea E. Olkowski

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Postmodern Philosophy
Acknowledgements
1. Nature Calls: Scientific Worldviews and the Sokal Hoax
2. The Natural Contract and the Archimedean World View
3. Semi-Free: Thermodynamics, Probability and the New Worldview
4. Burning Man: The Influence of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the
Science of Flow
5. Philosophy's Extra-scientific Messages
6. Love's Ontology: Ethics Beyond the Limits of Classical Science
Notes
Bibliography
Index