Leaving us to wonder : an essay on the questions science can't ask / Linda Wiener and Ramsey Eric Ramsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiener, Linda, 1957-

Contributor:

Ramsey, Ramsey Eric, 1960-

Series:

SUNY series in philosophy and biology.

SUNY series in philosophy and biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy and science.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This exciting collaboration between a biologist and a philosopher explores the meaning of the scientific worldview and how it plays out in our everyday lives. The authors investigate alternatives to scientism, the view that science is the proper and exclusive foundation for thinking about and answering every question. They ask: Does the current technoscientific worldview threaten the pursuit of living well? Do the facts procured by technoscientific systems render inconsequential our lived experiences, the wisdom of ancient and contemporary philosophical insight, and the promise offered by time-honored religious beliefs? Drawing on important Western thinkers, including Kant, Nietzsche, Darwin, Heidegger, and others, Linda Wiener and Ramsey Eric Ramsey demonstrate how many of the claims and conclusions of technoscience can and should be challenged. They offer ways of thinking about science in a larger context that respect scientific practice, while taking seriously alternative philosophical modes of thought whose aims are freedom, the good life, and living well.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

A Place to Begin

The Persistence of a Question

What Darwin and Nietzsche Saw

Provoking Thought

The Limits of Science and the Danger of Scientism: Drawing out the Consequences for Thinking

Leaving Us to Wonder

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484036

0791484033

9781423743675

1423743679

OCLC:

461442720