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Questioning nineteenth-century assumptions about knowledge. I, Determinism / edited by Richard E. Lee ; foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Fernand Braudel Center studies in historical social science.
- Fernand Braudel Center studies in historical social science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Determinism (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.
- Summary:
- A provocative survey of interdisciplinary challenges to the concept of determinism.
- Contents:
- ""Questioning Nineteenth-Century Assumptions about Knowledge: I DETERMINISM ""; ""Questioning Nineteenth-Century Assumptions about Knowledge: I DETERMINISM ""; ""Contents ""; ""Participants ""; ""Illustrations ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Introduction ""; ""SESSION I: Freedom and Determinism in the Twenty-First Century: Prolegomena to the Rewriting of History""; ""Discussion""; ""SESSION II: Mobile Order: Between Chance and Necessity""; ""Discussion""; ""SESSION III: Determinism and Mathematical Modeling""; ""Discussion""; ""SESSION IV: Organizers� Opening Remarks""
- ""Jean - Pierre Dupuy : Does Determinism Entail Necessitarianism? """"Discussion""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781438433929
- 1438433921
- 9781441678904
- 1441678905
- OCLC:
- 697840734
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