TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ó Nualláin,Seán
TI  - Being human: the search for order 
SN  - 1841508659
AV  - Q175.5 .O58 2002eb
U1  - 306.4/5 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Bristol, UK, Portland, OR
PB  - Intellect
KW  - Science
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Religion and science
KW  - Religion and Science
KW  - Sciences
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - Religion et sciences
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Philosophy & Social Aspects
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Samfundsvidenskab
KW  - Sociologi
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index; 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
N2  - 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
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