Science and the Myth of Progress (Perennial Philosophy)
Contributors: Giovanni Monastra (Foreword); Merhdad M. Zarandi (Editor)
Publisher: World Wisdom
Published: February 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780941532471
Subjects: Metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy Of Science; Science/Mathematics; Eastern - General; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy / General; Religion / General; Philosophy; Science
First sentence: In antiquity and in the Middle Ages man was "objective" in the sense that his attitude was still largely determined by "objects," by objects on the plane of ideas as well as by objects of the senses; he was very far from the relativism of modern man who impairs objective reality by reducing it to accidents of nature lacking in significance and in symbolic quality; and he was equally far from a "psychologism" which calls into question the value of the subject, the knower, and thus in effect destroys the very idea of intelligence.