Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom
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Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom

Studies in the Philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell

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eBook - PDF

Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom

Studies in the Philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell

About this book

Nicholas Maxwell's provocative and highly-original philosophy of science urges a revolution in academic inquiry affecting all branches of learning, so that the single-minded pursuit of knowledge is replaced with the aim of helping people realize what is of value in life and make progress toward a more civilized world. This volume of essays from an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars engages Maxwell in critical evaluation and celebrates his contribution to philosophy spanning forty years. Several of the contributors, like Maxwell, took their inspiration from Sir Karl Popper's philosophy of science and were connected to the department he created at the London School of Economics. In the introductory chapter, Maxwell provides an overview of his thought and then defends his views against objections in a concluding essay.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9783110319101
eBook ISBN
9783110319439
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophie
Subtopic
Dekonstruktion in der Philosophie

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. How Can Life Of Value Best Flourish in the Real World
  4. Sonnets on Wisdom
  5. Nicholas Maxwell in Context
  6. Prolegomena To a Critique of PureWisdom
  7. Why is it so Hard to Move fromKnowledge to Wisdom?
  8. The Urgent Need for an IntellectualRevolution: Maxwell's Version
  9. No Easy Answers:Wisdom and Cognitive Science
  10. How Should Research be Organised? AnAlternative to the UK ResearchAssessment Exercise
  11. Our Place in Nature
  12. Maxwell on Free Will, Science andDeterminism
  13. Limits of Physicalism
  14. Metaphysics and Methodology: Aim-Oriented Empiricism
  15. Popper and Maxwell on ScientificProgress
  16. Replies and Reflections
  17. Selected Publications ofNicholas Maxwell
  18. Notes on Contributors