Screen LibraryThe idea of progress /
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
| Published: |
De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2012] ©1997 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Philosophie und wissenschaft ;
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110820423 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110820423.jpg |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (241pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110820423 |
| Index Number: | CB19 |
| CLC: | K02 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Progress: Fact and Fiction -- Impact and Limits of the Idea of Progress in Antiquity -- Philosophical Commitments and Scientific Progress -- The Chinese Cyclic View of History vs. Japanese Progress -- Political Progress: Reality or Illusion? -- Progress and the Future -- Progress and Development in Music History -- Progress in Philosophy -- Time in the Universe -- Progress in Biological Evolution -- The Idea of Progress in Evolutionary Biology: Philosophical Considerations -- The Idea of Progress in Human Health -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |