The idea of progress / / edited by Arnold Burgen, Peter McLaughlin, Jürgen Mittelstrass

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820635003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1997
• ISBN: 3-11-174326-8; 3-11-082042-0
• Edizione: [Reprint 2012]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Collana: Philosophie und Wissenschaft, transdisziplinäre Studien ; ; Bd. 13
• Classificazione: CC 8260
• Altri autori (Persone): BurgenA. S. V; McLaughlinPeter; MittelstrassJürgen
• Disciplina: 303.44
• Soggetti: Civilization - Philosophy; Progress
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Present volume resulted from discussions at a conference in Gargellen, Austria in September 1994.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Progress: Fact and Fiction / Wright, Georg Henrik von -- Impact and Limits of the Idea of Progress in Antiquity / Burkert, Walter -- Philosophical Commitments and Scientific Progress / Crombie, A.C. -- The Chinese "Cyclic" View of History vs. Japanese "Progress" / Nakayama, Shigeru -- Political Progress: Reality or Illusion? / Blondel, Jean -- Progress and the Future / Rescher, Nicholas -- Progress and Development in Music History / Flotzinger, Rudolf -- Progress in Philosophy / Prawitz, Dag -- Time in the Universe / Barrow, John D. -- Progress in Biological Evolution / García-Bellido, Antonio -- The Idea of Progress in Evolutionary Biology: Philosophical Considerations / Wolters, Gereon -- The Idea of Progress in Human Health / Lazar, Philippe -- Notes on Contributors -- Index