Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Philosophies-Part 1

Name: Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Philosophies-Part 1
Brand: MDPI AG
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By Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic

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Modern information communication technology eradicates barriers of geographic distances, making the world globally interdependent, but this spatial globalization has not eliminated cultural fragmentation. The Two Cultures of C.P. Snow (that of science-technology and that of humanities) are drifting apart even faster than before, and they themselves crumble into increasingly specialized domains. Disintegrated knowledge has become subservient to the competition in technological and economic race leading in the direction chosen not by the reason, intellect, and shared value-based judgement, but rather by the whims of autocratic leaders or fashion controlled by marketers for the purposes of political or economic dominance. If we want to restore the authority of our best available knowledge and democratic values in guiding humanity, first we have to reintegrate scattered domains of human knowledge and values and offer an evolving and diverse vision of common reality unified by sound methodology. This collection of articles responds to the call from the journal Philosophies to build a new, networked world of knowledge with domain specialists from different disciplines interacting and connecting with other knowledge-and-values-producing and knowledge-and-values-consuming communities in an inclusive, extended, contemporary natural-philosophic manner. In this process of synthesis, scientific and philosophical investigations enrich each other-with sciences informing philosophies about the best current knowledge of the world, both natural and human-made-while philosophies scrutinize the ontological, epistemological, and methodological foundations of sciences, providing scientists with questions and conceptual analyses. This is all directed at extending and deepening our existing comprehension of the world, including ourselves, both as humans and as societies, and humankind.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 350
Release Date:: 2019-06-11
Publication Date:: 2019-06-11
Publisher:: MDPI AG
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 3038978221
ISBN13:: 9783038978220
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 895 g
Height:: 170 cm
Width:: 244 cm
Thickness:: 23 cm

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