Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom : Studies in the Philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell /
Nicholas Maxwell's provocative and highly-original philosophy of science urges a revolution in academic inquiry affecting all branches of learning, so that the single-minded pursuit of knowledge is replaced with the aim of helping people realize what is of value in life and make progress toward...
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- How Can Life of Value Best Flourish in the Real World? / Maxwell, Nicholas
- I. FROM KNOWLEDGE TO WISDOM
- Sonnets on Wisdom in Honour of Nick Maxwell / Nordstrom, Alan
- Nicholas Maxwell in Context: The Relationship of His Wisdom Theses to the Contemporary Global Interest in Wisdom / Macdonald, Copthorne
- Prolegomena To a Critique of Pure Wisdom / Fuller, Steve
- Why is it so Hard to Move from Knowledge to Wisdom? / Stewart, John
- The Urgent Need for an Intellectual Revolution: Maxwell's Version / Agassi, Joseph
- No Easy Answers: Wisdom and Cognitive Science / Boden, Margaret A.
- How Should Research be Organised? An Alternative to the UK Research Assessment Exercise / Gillies, Donald
- II. HUMAN WORLD AND THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE
- Our Place in Nature / Shearmur, Jeremy
- Maxwell on Free Will, Science and Determinism / Iredale, Mathew
- Limits of Physicalism / Hodgson, David
- III. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- Metaphysics and Methodology: Aim- Oriented Empiricism / Rogers, Karl
- Popper and Maxwell on Scientific Progress / McHenry, Leemon
- IV. REPLIES AND REFLECTIONS
- Replies and Reflections / Maxwell, Nicholas
- Selected Publications of Nicholas Maxwell
- Notes on Contributors