The future of the sciences and humanities four analytical essays and a critical debate on the future of scholastic endeavor
The arts and sciences evolve by specialisation and broadening of their scopes. Much innovation results from unusual combinations of views and techniques originating in widely different domains. However, stepping outside an established discipline entails the danger of 'shallowness', even if...
| Otros Autores: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
c2002.
Amsterdam : [2002] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427563506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Preface
- Table of contents
- 1. The Sciences and Arts Debate. A review and some conclusions / Tindemans, Peter A.J. / Verrijn-Stuart, Alexander A. / Visser, Rob P.W.
- 2. Historical and Structural Approaches in the Natural and Human Sciences / McAllister, James W.
- Discussion: The Role of Laws and Contingency in History / Kornet, Diedel
- 3. Science and Society in Flux / van Benthem, Johan
- Discussion: Does A New Kind of Science Require a New Kind of Scholar or a New Kind of University? / Devlin, Keith
- 4. Science for the 21st Century / Rip, Arie
- Discussion: Redrawing Disciplinary Boundaries - but to What Degree? / Elzinga, Aant
- 5. Science and Democracy / Philipse, Herman
- Science and Democracy: a difficult relationship: 'An enlightened and elitist essay on an unresolvable problem' / Schnabel, Paul
- 6. Epilogue
- 7. Appendix
