Authentic Knowing is an accessible and humane presentation of our most basic concerns and draws on a wide variety of, disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, and theoretical physics. Enhanced with the author's own varied experiences and copious references for those who seek to read further, this book will appeal to and challenge scientists, ......
Authentic Knowing is an accessible and humane presentation of our most basic concerns and draws on a wide variety of, disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, and theoretical physics. Enhanced with the author's own varied experiences and copious references for those who seek to read further, this book will appeal to and challenge scientists, ......
The essays contained in this work seek to provide occasion for theological reflection on how the latest advances in science might inform the understanding of God's immanence in the world. Topics covered include the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, cybernetics, theology and evolution.
What role does the "human factor" play in the scientific process? This volume examines the role of the scientist in the process of understanding the world. It also emphasises the human character of scientific inquiry, a dynamic interplay between human beings and their surroundings embodying attempts to understand, anticipate, and cope with nature.
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement which began in 17th century Europe and espoused an optimistic project. This title includes the contributions from the members of the Academy of Humanism are united in their conviction that the ideals of the Enlightenment must be preserved.
E. L. Grant Watson, an English field naturalist, zoologist, and one of England's best-loved nature writers, spent a lifetime trying to bring nature and consciousness into a unified, holistic vision that would establish meaning in the world without losing wonder. The questions raised by facts of nature inexplicable in terms of conventional ......
Offers a cosmic perspective and evolutionary framework that supplants traditional theistic beliefs in God, free will, and the personal immortality of the human soul.
Humanity reaps the various advantages of science while bemoaning the frequent misapplications and abuses of modern technology. This title offers insights into both the philosophy and the sociology of science.
In recent decades, it has been argued that the social dimensions of science are more nearly constitutive of science, both as activity and as product. The ten essays in this volume examine the historical origins of this new emphasis on the social dimensions of science, which has its roots in Thomas Kuhn's claim that "The choice between competing ......
