Nicholas Maxwell

Broschiertes Buch

The Comprehensibility of the Universe

A New Conception of Science

Beschreibung

The Comprehensibility of the Universe puts forward a radically new conception of science. Nicholas Maxwell argues that the prevailing view of the relation between scientific theory and evidence is untenable; he calls for a new orthodoxy which sees science as making a hierarchy of assumptions about the comprehensibility of the universe. This new conception has significant implications for both philosophy and science, and promises to heal the rift between the two.

Autor

Nicholas Maxwell has devoted much of his working life to arguing that we need to bring about a revolution in academia so that it seeks and promotes wisdom and does not just acquire knowledge. He has published eight books on this theme, including How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World (2014) and In Praise of Natural Philosophy (2017). For 30 years he taught philosophy of science at University College London, where he is now Emeritus Reader. For more about his work, see www.ucl.ac.uk/from-knowledge-to-wisdom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780199261550
• ISBN-10: 0199261555
• Artikelnr.: 22401589