In sceptical wonder : inquiries into the philosophy of Arne Naess on the occasion of his 70th birthday / edited by Ingemund Gullvåg and Jon Wetlesen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gullvåg, Ingemund.

Wetlesen, Jon.

Næss, Arne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Næss, Arne.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

328 pages : 2 portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oslo : Universitetsforlaget ; New York : Distribution office, Columbia University Press, [1982]

Contents:

Norwegian perspective no. 27011230992, or The TAO of Arne Naess / Fons Elders

Naess's early philosophy of science and philosophy / Ingemund Gullvåg

Naess's philosophy of science / Nils Roll-Hansen

Observation as reflection, relating to the early philosophy of Arne Naess / Audun Ofsti

Scientists seen as animals? / Arne Naess

The role of represeentations / Stein Braten

Preciseness in the support of weak groups / Arne Naess

Structuralism, empiricism and intentionalism / Hans Skjervheim.

Pluralism in cultural anthropology / Arne Naess

Giving the sceptic a good name / Alastair Hannay

The unobtrusive zetetic / Arne Naess

Naess on the development of a Pyrrhonian sceptic / Jon Wetlesen

Pyrrhonian wayfaring / Arne Naess

Some problems concerning the application of modern logic to the philosophy of Spinoza / Einar Jahr

Reconstructing Spinoza / Arne Naess

The snout beetles / Ragnar Naess.

Ghandian themes / Johan Galtung

Arne Naess on value-theory and ethics / Harald Ofstad

Validity of norms

but which norms? Self-realization? / Arne Naess

Self-realization / Siri Naess

A comparison of two system models / Arne Naess

Western science and culture conflict / Knut Erik Tranoy

Western science on shaky ground / Arne Naess

Bibliography (p. 315-319)

ISBN:

8200058670

OCLC:

8558381