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The search for truth : history and future of universities /

"Universities have searched for truth over nearly a millennium. Maxwell Bennett recounts the history of this search during three of its most momentous periods in the 13th, 18th and 20th centuries, which helped fashion the idea of a university. He concludes with a cautionary assessment of whethe...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, M. R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Australia : The University of Sydney, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Part A. Divine truth and the University of Paris -- Peter Abelard and the 12th-century French intellectual renaissance -- Thomas Aquinas and the 13th-century reconciliation of theology and philosophy -- Scholasticism and the University of Paris -- Part B. Empirical truth and the University of Berlin -- Immanuel Kant and the shift from humanism to empiricism -- Wilhelm von Humboldt on languages and the philosophy of higher education -- Disciplines and the University of Berlin -- Part C. Scientific truth and the University of California -- Robert Oppenheimer and discoveries in physics -- Ernest Lawrence and the beginnings of 'big science' -- The 'multiversity' of the University of California -- Part D. The university and contemporary challenges -- Universities and existential risk -- Preserving the idea of a university. 
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