CiNii 図書 - On knowing : the natural sciences

This text is a transcription of a full course, including both lectures and student discussions, taught by McKeon. As such, it provides an introduction to McKeon's conception of pluralism, a central aspect of neo-Pragmatism, while demonstrating how pluralism works in a classroom setting. In his lectures, McKeon outlines the history of Western thinking on the sciences. Treating the central concepts of motion, space, time and cause, he traces modern intellectual debates back to the ancient Greeks, notably Plato, Aristotle, Democritus and the Sophists. As he brings the story of Western science up to the 20th century, he uses his fabled semantic schema to uncover ideas and observations about cosmology, mechanics, dynamics and other aspects of physical science. Illustrating the broad historical sweep of the lectures are a series of discussions which give detail to the course's intellectual framework.

List of Figures and Tables Foreword 1: An Introduction to Philosophic Problems 2: Philosophic Problems in the Natural Sciences 3: Motion: Method 4: Motion: Method (Part 2) and Principle 5: Motion: Interpretation 6: Motion: Selection 7: Motion: Selection (Part 2) 8: Space: Time: Method, Interpretation, and Principle 9: Time: Method, Interpretation, and Principle 10: Summary: Interpretation, Method, and Principle Appendix A: Class Schedule Appendix B: Selected Lecture Notes on Necessity, Probability, and Nature Appendix C: Selected Lecture Notes on Democritus and the Sophists Appendix D: Selected Lecture Notes on Cause Appendix E: Complete Lecture Notes for Lecture 10 Appendix F: Discussion Notes For Einstein Appendix G: Final Examinations Appendix H: Schema of Philosophic Semantics Notes Index

巻冊次: : pbk ISBN 9780226560274

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This text is a transcription of a full course, including both lectures and student discussions, taught by McKeon. As such, it provides an introduction to McKeon's conception of pluralism, a central aspect of neo-Pragmatism, while demonstrating how pluralism works in a classroom setting. In his lectures, McKeon outlines the history of Western thinking on the sciences. Treating the central concepts of motion, space, time and cause, he traces modern intellectual debates back to the ancient Greeks, notably Plato, Aristotle, Democritus and the Sophists. As he brings the story of Western science up to the 20th century, he uses his fabled semantic schema to uncover ideas and observations about cosmology, mechanics, dynamics and other aspects of physical science. Illustrating the broad historical sweep of the lectures are a series of discussions which give detail to the course's intellectual framework.

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