03952nam 2200757Ia 450 991045268300332120200520144314.01-84150-865-91-280-47681-89786610476817(CKB)1000000000521191(EBL)283043(SSID)ssj0000110125(PQKBManifestationID)12026865(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110125(PQKBWorkID)10062474(PQKB)10267229(SSID)ssj0000465369(PQKBManifestationID)11294820(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000465369(PQKBWorkID)10438753(PQKB)11473231(SSID)ssj0000289789(PQKBManifestationID)12070959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289789(PQKBWorkID)10401762(PQKB)11681484(MiAaPQ)EBC283043(Au-PeEL)EBL283043(CaPaEBR)ebr10023465(CaONFJC)MIL47681(OCoLC)181845009(EXLCZ)99100000000052119120020916d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeing human[electronic resource] the search for order /Seán Ó NualláinBristol Intellect20021 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-088-7 1-84150-025-9 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements and Errata; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Current Crisis; i. The environmental crisis; ii. The demographic crisis; iii. The economic crisis; iv. The Political crisis; v. The Moral/Fideistic/Epistemological crisis; 2 Our Age of Ignorance; i. Noetic Science; ii. Physics; iii. Biology; iv. Economics; v. Technology; vi. Psychology; vii. Politics and Sociology; viii. Religion and Myth; 1. Toward a Description of Universals in Religious Experience; 2. Myth in religious and 'scientific' cosmogony; 3. Psychology of the Millennium4. The Problem of Human Sufferingix. Value; x. Some Conclusions; 3 Theories of Everything; Introduction; i. Dei ex Machina; i.a. The sciences of complexity; i.i.a. Catastrophe Theory; i.i.b. Chaos; i.i.c. Games; i.i.d Something for Nothing?; i.b. Information; i.c. Computation; i.d. Buckserologists; ii. Precedence Claims and Claim-Jumps; Introduction; ii.a. Physics; ii.b. Darwinism; iii. Eschatologies; iv. State Takeover; v. Weltanschauungen; v.a. Gurdjieff; v.b. Marxism; 4 Conclusions; Appendix A: How Does Science Progress?; Appendix B: The Reduced History of PhysicsAppendix C: Genetic TechnologiesReferences; Subject IndexWe live at a time of unparallelled environmental and moral crisis. Not only do we not believe anything but, despite exponential advances in information production, we do not know very much either. This book is a guide for everyone who, understandably, feels perplexed. Presenting an explanation of recent findings in science and their relationship with society and politics as we enter the third millennium, the book also seeks to provide guidance towards responsible political action in this current crisis. From new technology's power to preserve the status quo, to the true impetus behind the HumaScienceSocial aspectsSciencePolitical aspectsReligion and scienceElectronic books.ScienceSocial aspects.SciencePolitical aspects.Religion and science.306.45Ó Nualláin Seán870114MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452683003321Being human2120039UNINA