Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings
| Author | : William C. Wimsatt |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2007-06-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0674015452 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780674015456 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (456 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings by : William C. Wimsatt
Download or read book Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings written by William C. Wimsatt and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analytic philosophers once pantomimed physics, trying to understand the world by breaking it down. Thinkers from the Darwinian sciences now pose alternatives to such reductionism. Wimsatt argues that today’s scientists seek to atomize phenomena only to understand how entities, events, and processes articulate at different levels.
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