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In praise of natural philosophy : a revolution for thought and life /

"The central thesis of this book is that we need to reform philosophy and join it to science to recreate a modern version of natural philosophy; we need to do this in the interests of rigour, intellectual honesty, and so that science may serve the best interests of humanity. The book seeks to r...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Maxwell, Nicholas, 1937- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Triumphs of natural philosophy
  • Emergence of science
  • Failures of philosophy, part I
  • Failures of philosophy, part II
  • Why science needs philosophy, part I : physics
  • Why science needs philosophy, part II : natural science
  • Why philosophy needs science
  • Implications of natural philosophy for the problems of civilization.