During the last few decades, the fundamental premises of the modern view of knowledge have been increasingly called into question. Questioning Nineteenth-Century Assumptions about Knowledge III: Dualism provides an in-depth look at the debates surrounding the status of "dualism" in the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities in detailed and wide-ranging discussions among experts from across the disciplines. The extent to which the questionable necessity of a transcendent nomos; individualistic approaches versus systems ontology; rationality—material and formal—and how scholars might overcome the two cultures divide might impinge on the possibility, but not the inevitability, of progress are among the issues explored here. Weaving together in-depth articles and invigorating follow up discussions, this volume showcases debates over the status and validity of dualism. Of special interest are developing alternatives to traditional dualistic categories through an innovative, new approach based on biological naturalism; challenges to the dualism of people and things; the imperfectness and subjectivity of perception; and the overcoming the dualism of philosophy and science.
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A provocative survey of interdisciplinary challenges to the concept of dualism.
Participants Illustrations Foreword Immanuel Wallerstein Introduction Richard E. Lee SESSION I. Why Dualism (and Materialism) Fail to Account for Consciousness John R. Searle Discussion SESSION II. After Dualism Andrew Pickering Discussion SESSION III. The Imperfect Observer: Mind, Machines, and Materialism in the Twenty-First Century Judith Donath Discussion SESSION IV. Organizers’ Opening Remarks Jean-Pierre Dupuy: Preserving Distinctions, Complexifying Relationships Immanuel Wallerstein Discussion Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781438434087
Publisert
2010-11-30
Utgiver
Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
290 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
204
Redaktør
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Biographical note
Richard E. Lee is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of Life and Times of Cultural Studies: The Politics and Transformation of the Structures of Knowledge and the coeditor (with Immanuel Wallerstein) of Overcoming the Two Cultures: Science versus the Humanities in the Modern World-System.