Postmodern philosophy and the scientific turn [[electronic resource] /] / Dorothea E. Olkowski

• Autore: Olkowski Dorothea
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 190.9/04
• Soggetto topico: Phenomenology; Philosophy and science; Postmodernism; Science - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p.[199]-207) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Nature calls: scientific worldviews and the sokal hoax -- The natural contract and the archimedean worldview -- Semi-free: thermodynamics, probability, and the new worldview -- Burning man: the influence of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and the -- Science of flow -- Philosophy's extra-scientific messages -- Love's ontology: ethics beyond the limits of classical science.
• Sommario/riassunto: What can come of a scientific engagement with postmodern philosophy? Some scientists have claimed that the social sciences and humanities have nothing to contribute, except perhaps peripherally, to their research. Dorothea E. Olkowski shows that the historic link between science and philosophy, mathematics itself, plays a fundamental role in the development of the worldviews that drive both fields. Focusing on language, its expression of worldview and usage, she develops a phenomenological account of human thought and action to explicate the role of philosophy in the sciences. Olkowski prop
• Titolo autorizzato: Postmodern philosophy and the scientific turn
• ISBN: 1-280-59656-2; 9786613626394; 0-253-00114-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463540903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II