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Being human [[electronic resource] ] : the search for order / / Seán Ó Nualláin



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Autore: Ó Nualláin Seán Visualizza persona
Titolo: Being human [[electronic resource] ] : the search for order / / Seán Ó Nualláin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bristol, : Intellect, 2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
Disciplina: 306.45
Soggetto topico: Science - Social aspects
Science - Political aspects
Religion and science
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Millennium
4. 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
Appendix C: Genetic TechnologiesReferences; Subject Index
Sommario/riassunto: We 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
Titolo autorizzato: Being human  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-84150-865-9
1-280-47681-8
9786610476817
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452683003321
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