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Main Author: Lukacs, John, 1924-2019 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Civilization, Modern > 1950- > Philosophy.
Postmodernism.
Science and civilization.
Dualism.
Monism.
Civilisation > 1950- > Philosophie.
Postmodernisme.
Sciences et civilisation.
Dualisme.
Monisme.
dualism.
Civilization, Modern > Philosophy.
Wetenschapsfilosofie.
Geschiedfilosofie.
Objectiviteit.
Civilização moderna (filosofia) > 1950-
Pós-modernismo.
Civilization, Modern > 1950-
Modern civilization > 1950- > Philosophy.
Since 1950
Table of Contents:
  • 1. At the end of an age
  • Convictions: A personal envoi
  • The evolution of "modern"
  • Main features of the Modern Age
  • Contradictory dualities
  • "Post-modern"
  • The need to rethink the current idea of "progress"
  • 2. The presence of historical thinking
  • My vocation
  • The historicity of our thinking
  • Professional history
  • Justice/truth
  • The appetite for history
  • History and the novel
  • History at the end of a historical age.
  • 3. The question of scientific knowledge
  • Evolution of my doubts
  • The history of science
  • Cosmological absurdities
  • The collapse of determinism
  • Darwin, Marx, Freud, Einstein
  • The ending of materialism
  • 4. An illustration
  • The limits of knowledge
  • The limits of objectivity
  • The limits of definitions
  • The limits of mathematics
  • The inevitability of relationships
  • Inevitable unpredictability
  • Insufficient materialism
  • The limits of idealism
  • 5. At the center of the universe
  • Timeliness, and limitations of my argument
  • Heisenberg and Duhem
  • At the center of the universe
  • Conditions of belief
  • A necessity for Christians.