Science & Certainty - Couverture souple

Kirk, John T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0643093915 ISBN 13 : 9780643093911

Editeur : CSIRO Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Science and Certainty addresses the central issue of why certain areas of science cause concern to many people today: in particular, those which seem to have implications for the meaning of human existence, and for man's significance on this planet and in the universe as a whole. The book addresses the perceived hostility which has arisen towards science, not only amongst many people with religious beliefs, but also in parts of the environmental movement. In the first part of the book is an account of just what science does in fact ask us to believe about the most fundamental aspects of reality: how did the cosmos, and our own special part of it, come to be? how did life emerge and how did we arise within it? What can be say about the essential nature of the physical world? and, What can be said about the physical basis of the consciousness. The second part of the book considers the implications of accepting the scientific world view. After providing some historical and philosophical background to environmentalism, the author outlines the major environmental problems confronting the world today, and makes the case that it is only through science that we can hope to solve them.|Looks at what science asks us to believe about aspects of reality, and considers the implications of accepting the scientific world view.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CSIRO Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0643093915
• ISBN 13: 9780643093911
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
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• Personne responsable: non disponible