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Postmodern philosophy and the scientific turn /

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, math...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olkowski, Dorothea
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2012.
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  • Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE: POSTMODERN PHILOSOPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. NATURE CALLS: Scientific Worldviews and the Sokal Hoax; 2. THE NATURAL CONTRACT AND THE ARCHIMEDEAN WORLDVIEW; 3. SEMI-FREE: Thermodynamics, Probability, and the New Worldview; 4. BURNING MAN: The Influence of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and the Science of Flow; 5. PHILOSOPHY'S EXTRA-SCIENTIFIC MESSAGES; 6. LOVE'S ONTOLOGY: Ethics Beyond the Limits of Classical Science; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.