03503nam 2200709Ia 450 991096671520332120200520144314.09780791484036079148403397814237436751423743679(CKB)1000000000458833(OCoLC)461442720(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579225(SSID)ssj0000190796(PQKBManifestationID)11215655(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190796(PQKBWorkID)10180947(PQKB)10700781(OCoLC)62734814(MdBmJHUP)muse6222(Au-PeEL)EBL3407802(CaPaEBR)ebr10579225(OCoLC)923408872(DE-B1597)683316(DE-B1597)9780791484036(MiAaPQ)EBC3407802(Perlego)2671891(EXLCZ)99100000000045883320040415d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLeaving us to wonder an essay on the questions science can't ask /Linda Wiener and Ramsey Eric RamseyAlbany State University of New York Pressc20051 online resource (174 p.)SUNY series in philosophy and biologyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791463147 0791463141 9780791463130 0791463133 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Place to Begin -- The Persistence of a Question -- What Darwin and Nietzsche Saw -- Provoking Thought -- The Limits of Science and the Danger of Scientism: Drawing out the Consequences for Thinking -- Leaving Us to Wonder -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThis exciting collaboration between a biologist and a philosopher explores the meaning of the scientific worldview and how it plays out in our everyday lives. The authors investigate alternatives to scientism, the view that science is the proper and exclusive foundation for thinking about and answering every question. They ask: Does the current technoscientific worldview threaten the pursuit of living well? Do the facts procured by technoscientific systems render inconsequential our lived experiences, the wisdom of ancient and contemporary philosophical insight, and the promise offered by time-honored religious beliefs? Drawing on important Western thinkers, including Kant, Nietzsche, Darwin, Heidegger, and others, Linda Wiener and Ramsey Eric Ramsey demonstrate how many of the claims and conclusions of technoscience can and should be challenged. They offer ways of thinking about science in a larger context that respect scientific practice, while taking seriously alternative philosophical modes of thought whose aims are freedom, the good life, and living well.SUNY series in philosophy and biology.Philosophy and scienceSciencePhilosophyPhilosophy and science.SciencePhilosophy.501Wiener Linda1957-708840Ramsey Ramsey Eric1960-1808786MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966715203321Leaving us to wonder4359241UNINA