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Space, time, and science / Raimon Panikkar ; edited by Milena Carrara Pavan.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Panikkar, Raimon, 1918-2010, author.
Contributor:
Carrara Pavan, Milena, editor.
Series:
Opera omnia ; volume xii
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Religion and science.
Time--Religious aspects.
Time.
Space--Religious aspects.
Space.
Space and time--Religious aspects.
Space and time.
Science--Philosophy.
Science.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 324 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition:
English edition.
Place of Publication:
Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2022]
Summary:
"Internationally renowned philosopher of religion Raimon Panikkar explores the theological and philosophical intersections of space, time, and science"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I SPACE AND TIME
pt. 1 ORIENT
1. Time and History in the Tradition of India: Kala and Karman
Time
Time as the Fruit of Ritual Action
Time as a Cosmic Power
Time as an Absolute Principle: Fate
Time as a Power of God
Time Devoid of Real Power
Linguistic Hermeneutics
The Interiorization and Transcending of Time
History
Karman and the Historical Dimension of Man
Myth and History: Itihasa and Purana
Reintegration of History
2. Toward a Typology of Time and Temporality in the Ancient Indic Tradition
3. Time and Sacrifice: The Sacrifice of Time and the Ritual of Modernity
Abstract
Introduction
Time Sacrificed
A Human Invariant: The Tension between the Eternal and the Temporal
Ways of Handling the Tension
Sacrifice as a Universal Means of Handling Tension
A Small Phenomenology of Sacrifice
The Vedic Conception of Sacrifice
The Christian Conception of Sacrifice
The Sacrifice of Time
The Sacrifices of Time
The A-Temporal Nature of the Temporal Act of Consciousness
The Three Ways of Overcoming Time
Jnanamarga
Bhaktimarga
Karmamarga
The Modern Secular Sacrifice
The Sacredness of Secular Work
The Secular Sacrifice
The Sacrifice of the Secular
pt. 2 WEST
1. Circular Time: Temporization and Temporality
Socio-Theological Interlude
Phenomenological Approximation
The Time of Waiting
Wasted Time
Accelerated Time
The Circular Nature of Time
The Circumference Is Undefined
The Center Is Indistinct
The Circle Is Limited
The Theosociological Question
Negative Answers
Positive Answers
The Theological Problem
Historical-Religious Reflection
2. Kalasakti: The Power of Time
The Awareness of Time
"Phenomenology" of Time
Time Is the Life of Being
Calendar Time
Chronological Time
Ontological Time
3. The End of History: The Threefold Structure of Human Time-Consciousness
Introductory Remarks
Methodological Reflection
The Subject Matter: Man
The Human Scale: The Astrological Rhythm
The Crossing of the Human Ways: A Threefold Typology
Nonhistorical Consciousness
Historical Consciousness
The Crisis of History
Transhistorical Consciousness
Postscript
4. The Mirage of the Future
"The Future Is Ours"
The "Incarnation" of Heaven?
Futurology Shapes the Future
A Future without Me?
5. The Future Does Not Come Later
6. Sacred Space is the Real Space
An Open Gate: Symbol of Potentiality, Universal Receptacle
A Closed Gate: The Modern Fragmentation of Knowledge
The Gate on the Right: Three Different Philosophical Insights
The Gate on the Left: An Effort at Integration
The Rear Entrance: The Architectonic Science
The Front Gate: Space as Human Landscape
The Upper Gate: Sacred Space, the Real Space
The Inferior Gate: Space as the Extension of Existence
The Advaitic Experience of Space
SECTION II SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. MAX PLANCK (1858-1947)
The Man
The Milieu
The Gestation of the Discovery
The "Quantum" of Action, a Universal Constant
Quantum Physics
Causality
His Life's Work
2. Ontonomy of Science
Introduction: The Atom of Time
Contents of Ontonomy of Science
3. The Narrow Door of Knowledge: Sense, Reason, and Faith
Preface
Scientific Thought and Christian Thought: Phenomenological Reflection
Modern Science
Christian Theology
Encounter or Disencounter?
Physics and Theophysics: Philosophical Reflection
Theophysics
The Origin of the Cosmos
Substantial Thought and Functional Thought
The Limits of Science and of Knowledge: A Critical Reflection
Science Is Neither Neutral nor Universal
Science and Parascience
Science and Knowledge
Epilogue
4. The Ambiguity of Science
Relativizing Science
Technique and Technology
Going beyond Scientific Knowledge
The Ambiguous Relationship between Science and Cosmology
The Internal Limits of Scientific Knowledge
Observation, Experiment, Experience
The Classifier Is Not in the Classification
5. Technocentrism: Some Theses on Technology
Intracultural Reflections
Mutation
-There Is an Essential Difference between Traditional Technique and Contemporary Technology
Technological Civilization
-Technology Is More Than Applied Science
Technocracy as the Specific (Dominant?) Character of Contemporary Western Civilization
Cross-Cultural Questions
Technocentrism
-Technology Is Not Universalizable as If It Were a Cultural Invariant
Ontonomy Is Impossible
-Technology Is Autonomous, It Is Independent Both of Man and Nature
Primacy of the Machine
-Technology Depends on a Mechanical and Gravitational World
Anthropocentrism
-Technology Presupposes That Man Is Essentially Different from, and Superior to, Nature
Interventionism
-The Method Proper to Technology Is Experimentation
Objectivism
-Technology Presupposes that Reality Is Objectifiable and Thus Subject to Thought
Interchangeability
-Space and Time in Technology Are Independent of Human Space and Time
Anti-Animism
-The Inertia of Matter
Nominalism
-Science Presupposes an Epistemological Nominalism, and Technology an Ontological Nominalism
Quantifiability
Technology Makes Sense Only in a Quantifiable Universe
Control
-The Epistemological Mood of Technology Is One of Knowledge as Power
Instrumentation
-Technology Is the World of Means
6. Emancipation From Technology
The Thesis
Development
The Symbol of People's Well-Being and the Perfection of the Human Person
The Modern Western Model of Human Fulfillment
The Utilization of Modern Technology
Some Options
Development to the Utmost
Mitigated Development
Emancipation from Technology
The Technological Universe
Milestones for Emancipation
New Wisdom
7. Cosmic Evolution: Human History and Trinitarian Life
Evolution
Human History
Trinitarian Life.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Panikkar, Raimon, 1918-2010. Space, time, and science.
ISBN:
9781626984967
1626984964
OCLC:
1319834417

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