Being human : the search for order / Seán Ó Nualláin.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 1841508659
- 9781841508658
- 9781841500256
- 1841500259
- 1280476818
- 9781280476815
- 9786610476817
- 6610476810
- Science -- Social aspects
- Science -- Political aspects
- Religion and science
- Religion and Science
- Sciences -- Aspect social
- Sciences -- Aspect politique
- Religion et sciences
- SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Religion and science
- Science -- Political aspects
- Science -- Social aspects
- Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi
- 306.4/5 21
- Q175.5 .O58 2002eb
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | E-Books EBSCO | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.
Print version record.
We live at a time of unparallelled environmental and moral crisis. Not only do we not believe anything but, despite exponential advances in information production, we do not know very much either. This book is a guide for everyone who, understandably, feels perplexed. Presenting an explanation of recent findings in science and their relationship with society and politics as we enter the third millennium, the book also seeks to provide guidance towards responsible political action in this current crisis. From new technology's power to preserve the status quo, to the true impetus behind the Huma.
Dedication; Acknowledgements and Errata; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Current Crisis; i. The environmental crisis; ii. The demographic crisis; iii. The economic crisis; iv. The Political crisis; v. The Moral/Fideistic/Epistemological crisis; 2 Our Age of Ignorance; i. Noetic Science; ii. Physics; iii. Biology; iv. Economics; v. Technology; vi. Psychology; vii. Politics and Sociology; viii. Religion and Myth; 1. Toward a Description of Universals in Religious Experience; 2. Myth in religious and 'scientific' cosmogony; 3. Psychology of the Millennium
4. The Problem of Human Sufferingix. Value; x. Some Conclusions; 3 Theories of Everything; Introduction; i. Dei ex Machina; i.a. The sciences of complexity; i.i.a. Catastrophe Theory; i.i.b. Chaos; i.i.c. Games; i.i.d Something for Nothing?; i.b. Information; i.c. Computation; i.d. Buckserologists; ii. Precedence Claims and Claim-Jumps; Introduction; ii.a. Physics; ii.b. Darwinism; iii. Eschatologies; iv. State Takeover; v. Weltanschauungen; v.a. Gurdjieff; v.b. Marxism; 4 Conclusions; Appendix A: How Does Science Progress?; Appendix B: The Reduced History of Physics
Appendix C: Genetic TechnologiesReferences; Subject Index
English.
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide
There are no comments on this title.