Science, order, and creativity

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Science, order, and creativity

David Bohm, F. David Peat

Routledge, 2000

2nd ed.

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780415171823

Description

In Science, Order and Creativity, David Bohm and F. David Peat argue that science has lost its way in recent years and needs to go beyond a narrow and fragmented view of nature and embrace a wider holistic view that restores the importance of creativity and communication for all humanity - not just scientists. The result of a close collaboration by one of the 20th century's greatest physicists and thinkers, David Bohm, with leading science writer F. David Peat, provides a rare combination of profound reflection and clear exposition that can be appreciated by anyone concerned with science and its importance in our lives. This new edition includes a new preface and an extended additional chapter by Peat which draws upon further discussions with David Bohm before the latter's death in 1992. A fascinating diagnosis and considered proposal for a cure for science's ills, it is also very accessible entry point to the work of David Bohm. Bohm and Peat contend that science has lost its bearings in the last century in favour of a narrow, abstracted, fragmented approach to nature and reality. Tracing the history of science, Bohm and Peat offer intriguing new insights into how scientific theories come into being, how to eliminate blocks of creativity and how science can lead to a deeper understanding of society, the human condition and the human mind itself.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction: sources and transmission
  • the nature of scepticism
  • precursors
  • Pyrrho and the Socratic tradition
  • the scepticism of the Middle Academy
  • Carneades and the later sceptical Academy
  • secession - the "Fourth Academy" and Aenesidemus
  • the scepticism of the early Empire. Part 2 The ten modes of scepticism: the modes of Agrippa
  • the criterion, signs and proof
  • causes and explanation
  • scepticism in the medical schools
  • sceptical physics and metaphysics
  • the liberal arts
  • sceptical ethics
  • the sceptical attitude
  • the sceptic way of life.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780415171830

Description

In Science, Order and Creativity, David Bohm and F. David Peat argue that science has lost its way in recent years and needs to go beyond a narrow and fragmented view of nature and embrace a wider holistic view that restores the importance of creativity and communication for all humanity - not just scientists. The result of a close collaboration by one of the 20th century's greatest physicists and thinkers, David Bohm, with leading science writer F. David Peat, provides a rare combination of profound reflection and clear exposition that can be appreciated by anyone concerned with science and its importance in our lives. This new edition includes a new preface and an extended additional chapter by Peat which draws upon further discussions with David Bohm before the latter's death in 1992. A fascinating diagnosis and considered proposal for a cure for science's ills, it is also very accessible entry point to the work of David Bohm. Bohm and Peat contend that science has lost its bearings in the last century in favour of a narrow, abstracted, fragmented approach to nature and reality. Tracing the history of science, Bohm and Peat offer intriguing new insights into how scientific theories come into being, how to eliminate blocks of creativity and how science can lead to a deeper understanding of society, the human condition and the human mind itself.

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  • NCID
    BA46217751
  • ISBN
    • 0415171822
    • 0415171830
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 316 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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