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Author |
: Keith Devlin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:49015002386374 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Goodbye, Descartes by : Keith Devlin
"[Goodbye, Descartes] is certain to attract attention and controversy..a fascinating journey to the edges of logical thinking and beyond." -Publishers Weekly (???) Critical Acclaim for Keith Devlin's Previous Book Mathematics: The Science of Patterns "A book such as this belongs in the personal library of everyone interested in learning about some of the most subtle and profound works of the human spirit." -American Scientist "Devlin's very attractive book is a well-written attempt to explain mathematics to educated nonmathematicians . the basic ideas are presented in a clear, concise, and easily understood manner. Highly recommended." -Choice "[Devlin] has found an interesting way of exhibiting how mathematics is unified . the author's presentation is a tour de force." -Mathematical Reviews A Selection of the Newbridge Library of Science and Reader's Subscription
Author |
: Brandon D. Short |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 215 |
Release |
: 2020-06-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000091571 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000091570 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cartesian Split by : Brandon D. Short
The Cartesian Split examines the phenomenon of Cartesian influence as a psychological complex in the Jungian tradition. It explores the full legacy of Cartesian rationality in its emphasis on abstract thinking and masculinisation of thought, often perceived in a negative light, despite the developments of modernity. The book argues that the Cartesian creation of the Modern Age, as accompanied by a radical dualism, is better understood as a myth while acknowledging the psychological reality of the myth. The Cartesian myth is a collective dream, and the urgency of its rhetoric suggests that an important message is being left unheeded. This message may lead us to answers in the most unexpected place of all. The book brings forth the Cartesian myth in a new context and shows it to have potential meaning for us today. The book will be of great interest for academics, researchers, and post-graduate students in the fields of analytical psychology, mental health, comparative mythology, and Jungian studies.
Author |
: Todd Timmons |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2014-01-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786491155 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786491159 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Makers of Western Science by : Todd Timmons
Non-scientists often perceive science as a dry, boring vocation pursued by dry, boring people. Contrary to popular perception, science has actually been the product of fascinating people seeking to explain the world around them. From Galileo's difficulties with the Inquisition, to the quirkiness of Newton, to the iconic figure that was Einstein, this innovative volume chronicles the history of science using extensive passages from the works of the scientists themselves. Who better to appeal to our common sense concerning the truth of a sun-centered universe than Copernicus himself? Kepler expresses in his own words the way in which he awoke to the revelation of elliptical orbits, and Darwin shares his slowly evolving ideas leading to the theory of natural selection. Part biography, part history, this work reveals the personalities behind the world's most significant scientific discoveries, providing an interesting new perspective on the human endeavor we call science. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author |
: Frank N. Magill |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 3274 |
Release |
: 2013-09-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135924218 |
ISBN-13 |
: 113592421X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The 17th and 18th Centuries by : Frank N. Magill
Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.
Author |
: Maurizio Ferraris |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 148 |
Release |
: 2013-10-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781438448107 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1438448104 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Goodbye, Kant! by : Maurizio Ferraris
A best seller in Italy, Maurizio Ferraris's Goodbye, Kant! delivers a nontechnical, entertaining, and occasionally irreverent overview of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. He borrows his title from Wolfgang Becker's Goodbye Lenin!, the 2003 film about East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which depicts both relief at the passing of the Soviet era and affection for the ideals it embodied. Ferraris approaches Kant in similar spirits, demonstrating how the structure that Kant elaborates for the understanding of human knowledge can generate nostalgia for lost aspirations, while still leaving room for constructive criticism. Isolating key themes and concerns in the work, Ferraris evaluates Kant's claims relative to what science and philosophy have come to regard as the conditions for knowledge and experience in the intervening two centuries. He remains attentive to the historical context and ideals from which Kant's Critique emerged but also resolute in identifying what he sees as the limits and blind spots in the work. The result is an accessible account of a notoriously difficult book that will both provoke experts and introduce students to the work and to these important philosophical debates about the relations of experience to science.
Author |
: D. Brian Austin |
Publisher |
: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 204 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1573122629 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781573122627 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The End of Certainty and the Beginning of Faith by : D. Brian Austin
Austin defines a vision for uniting the aims of science and Christian faith by examining the retreat from certainty that characterizes contemporary science and philosophy.
Author |
: Icarus Phaethon |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2012-10-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1469929570 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781469929576 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Goodbye, Mr. Descartes by : Icarus Phaethon
For many years now, scientists, artists and philosophers have attempted to explain and find connections between the startling discoveries of quantum physics and our everyday lives. Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung coined a name for this 'everyday' effect - the psycho-physical problem. Join Icarus Phaethon on this journey across continents and time, until one day he crashes headfirst into what he thinks just may be the secret of the Universe. There's just one problem - he can't tell anybody.
Author |
: Amir D. Aczel |
Publisher |
: Crown |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2006-10-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780767920346 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0767920341 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Descartes's Secret Notebook by : Amir D. Aczel
René Descartes (1596–1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm “Cogito, ergo sum” marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called Cartesian coordinates have made our physical and intellectual conquest of physical space possible. But Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult brotherhood of the Rosicrucians, he kept a secret notebook, now lost, most of which was written in code. After Descartes’s death, Gottfried Leibniz, inventor of calculus and one of the greatest mathematicians in history, moved to Paris in search of this notebook—and eventually found it in the possession of Claude Clerselier, a friend of Descartes. Leibniz called on Clerselier and was allowed to copy only a couple of pages—which, though written in code, he amazingly deciphered there on the spot. Leibniz’s hastily scribbled notes are all we have today of Descartes’s notebook, which has disappeared. Why did Descartes keep a secret notebook, and what were its contents? The answers to these questions lead Amir Aczel and the reader on an exciting, swashbuckling journey, and offer a fascinating look at one of the great figures of Western culture.
Author |
: Steven Best |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2020-12-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136368455 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136368450 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Postmodern Adventure by : Steven Best
This compelling book explores the challenges to theory, politics, and human identity that we face on the threshold of the third millennium. It follows on the successor of Best and Kellner's two previous books, Postmodern Theory, acclaimed as the best critical introduction to the field - and The Postmodern Turn, which provides a powerful mapping of postmodern developments developments in the arts, politics, science, and theory. In The Postmodern Adventure, Best and Kellner analyze a broad array of literary, cultural, and political phenomena from fiction, film, science, and the Internet, to globalization and the rise of a transnational image culture.
Author |
: Joddy Murray |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2009-01-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780791477212 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0791477215 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Non-discursive Rhetoric by : Joddy Murray
Examines the role of image and affect in teaching with new digital technologies and multimedia composition.