World Views and the Problem of Synthesis

by Aerts, Diederik; Van Belle, Hubert; Van Der Veken, Jan

• ISBN13: 9780792357605
• ISBN10: 0792357604
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This book considers philosophy to be more than mere reflection. Through philosophy, humankind can give meaning to the world. In part, this book re-evaluates the philosophy of Leo Apostel, who dedicated his life to the investigation of the use of philosophy in everyday life. But it is also a presentation of international research carried out along the lines of the worldviews project. The contributions address not only professional philosophers, but also students, teachers, academics and everyone interested in the relationship between philosophy and the world.

Table of Contents

General Introduction	vii
Diederik Aerts
Editorial Introduction: World Views and the Problem of Synthesis	xv
Hubert Van Belle
Jan Van der Veken
In Search of an Integrated View on the Whole of Reality: Introducing the Worldview Project	1	(10)
Jan Van der Veken
Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in the Philosophy and Thinking of Leo Apostel	11	(6)
Hubert Van Belle
Why Not Nothing?	17	(34)
Leo Apostel
Leo Apostel's World View Program in the Perspective of His Causal Ontology. A Critical Appraisal	51	(20)
Diderik Batens
Wim Christiaens
``The Structures of Knowledge, or How Many Ways May We Know?''	71	(8)
Immanuel Wallerstein
Discourses of Globalisation and World Views	79	(16)
Robert Maier
The Game of the Biomousa: A View of Discovery and Creation	95	(32)
Diederik Aerts
The Seven Keys of Any World View	127	(18)
Fons Elders
Buddhism as a Part of a Global Understanding of Reality	145	(12)
Frans Goetghebeur
Synthesizing Four Ideals of Humanity	157	(12)
Tetsunori Koizumi
Kantian Metaphysics and Cognitive Science	169	(18)
Hugh Clapin
Synthesising Constructivism and Critical Realism: Towards Critical Pluralism	187	(18)
John Mingers
Science and the Human: Complementarity as Reconciliation	205	(12)
Yoav Ben-Dov
Conditions and Features of Unity Concepts in Science	217	(12)
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Beyond ``Einstein'', ``Magritte'', and ``Quine''	229	(22)
Philip L. Peterson
Not Even Classical Mechanics Is Mechanistic	251	(12)
H.-H. von Borzeszkowski
R. Washner
The Synergetic World View and Its Synthetic Value	263	(10)
Helena Karabeg
Prospectus for Polyscopic Modeling	273	(22)
Dino Karabeg
Polyscopic Study of a Basic Cultural Pattern	295	(22)
Dino Karabeg
Turing Meets Thoreau. An Ecological Approach to Computer Science	317	(14)
Dirk Siefkes
Towards a `Virtual' Rationality?	331	(18)
Francisco Campos
The Cycle of Integration and Disintegration Applied to Western Society: A Framework for a Fundamental Prevention of Delinquency	349	(16)
Johan Deklerck
Anouk Depuydt
Index	365