Worldviews, Science And Us : Redemarcating Knowledge And Its Social And Ethical Implications.

Worldviews, Science And Us : Redemarcating Knowledge And Its Social And Ethical Implications.

This publication features an interdisciplinary group of contributors which questions aspects of todays worldviews and science that are often taken for granted and tacitly determine the boundaries of what is generally conceived of as the world and science. Some authors stress that existing demarcatio...

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Main Author: Aerts, Diederik
Other Authors: D'Hooghe, Bart, Note, Nicole
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : World Scientific, 2005.
Subjects:
Science > Philosophy.
Science > Social aspects.
Knowledge, Theory of.
epistemology.
Knowledge, Theory of
Science > Philosophy
Science > Social aspects
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Summary:This publication features an interdisciplinary group of contributors which questions aspects of todays worldviews and science that are often taken for granted and tacitly determine the boundaries of what is generally conceived of as the world and science. Some authors stress that existing demarcations are obsolete and often prevent new insights. Others show how they influence the way people perceive themselves and believe the world ontologically to be, determining peoples actions and the social fabric. There are yet others who point out how a redemarcation may stimulate the development o.
Physical Description:1 online resource (231 pages)
ISBN:9789812702043
9812702040
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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