LEADER 03952nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910452683003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84150-865-9 010 $a1-280-47681-8 010 $a9786610476817 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521191 035 $a(EBL)283043 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110125 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12026865 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110125 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10062474 035 $a(PQKB)10267229 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000465369 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294820 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000465369 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10438753 035 $a(PQKB)11473231 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289789 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12070959 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289789 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10401762 035 $a(PQKB)11681484 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC283043 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL283043 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10023465 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47681 035 $a(OCoLC)181845009 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521191 100 $a20020916d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeing human$b[electronic resource] $ethe search for order /$fSea?n O? Nualla?in 210 $aBristol $cIntellect$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84150-088-7 311 $a1-84150-025-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 Millennium 327 $a4. 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 Physics 327 $aAppendix C: Genetic TechnologiesReferences; Subject Index 330 $aWe 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 Huma 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects 606 $aScience$xPolitical aspects 606 $aReligion and science 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aScience$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aReligion and science. 676 $a306.45 700 $aO? Nualla?in$b Sea?n$0870114 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452683003321 996 $aBeing human$92120039 997 $aUNINA