Complexity and Analysis - Couverture souple

Umphrey, Stewart

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0739103067 ISBN 13 : 9780739103067

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2002

Synopsis

Wherever we look, we notice complexity. Philosophically, the concept constitutes a tangled web of problems, in theory as well as daily life. Complexity and Analysis is a meticulous rendering of these problems, tackling the seldom considered nature of complexity that confronts ontological analysts and holists alike. Stewart Umphrey expertly describes the limits of analysis as they have come to light within mathematics, the natural sciences, and analytic philosophy, explaining how Aristotle came upon, and sought to move beyond, the limits of ontological analysis. In trying to understand any complex entity, Umphrey argues, one succeeds in meeting the criterion of metaphysical adequacy only if one fails to meet the crietrion of epistemological adequacy. Ranging across an array of subjects including Kantian and Hegelian idealism, this book provides a superb account of how our own complexity presents not only theoretical problems, but ethical and political dilemmas of great practical significance.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stewart Umphrey is a tutor at St John's College, Annapolis. He is the author of Zetetic Skepticism (1990).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739103067
• ISBN 13: 9780739103067
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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