The idea of progress / edited by Arnold Burgen, Peter McLaughlin, Jürgen Mittelstrass.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burgen, A. S. V.

McLaughlin, Peter.

Mittelstrass, Jürgen.

Series:

Philosophie und Wissenschaft ; Bd. 13.

Philosophie und Wissenschaft, transdisziplinäre Studien ; Bd. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization--Philosophy--Congresses.

Civilization.

Progress--Congresses.

Progress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Progress: Fact and Fiction / Wright, Georg Henrik von

Impact and Limits of the Idea of Progress in Antiquity / Burkert, Walter

Philosophical Commitments and Scientific Progress / Crombie, A.C.

The Chinese "Cyclic" View of History vs. Japanese "Progress" / Nakayama, Shigeru

Political Progress: Reality or Illusion? / Blondel, Jean

Progress and the Future / Rescher, Nicholas

Progress and Development in Music History / Flotzinger, Rudolf

Progress in Philosophy / Prawitz, Dag

Time in the Universe / Barrow, John D.

Progress in Biological Evolution / García-Bellido, Antonio

The Idea of Progress in Evolutionary Biology: Philosophical Considerations / Wolters, Gereon

The Idea of Progress in Human Health / Lazar, Philippe

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Present volume resulted from discussions at a conference in Gargellen, Austria in September 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783111743264

3111743268

9783110820423

3110820420

OCLC:

868973736