Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment: Passions of the Skies

Author:   Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka ,  Attila Grandpierre
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   2011 ed.
Volume:   107
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9789400734319


Pages:   315
Publication Date:   02 January 2013
Format:   Paperback
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This volume represents the first which interfaces with astronomy as the fulcrum of the sciences. It gives full expression to the human passion for the skies. Advancing human civilization has unfolded and matured this passion into the comprehensive science of astronomy. Advancing science’s quest for the first principles of existence meets the ontopoietic generative logos of life, the focal point of the New Enlightenment. It presents numerous perspectives illustrating how the interplay between human beings and the celestial realm has informed civilizational trends. Scholars and philosophers debate in physics and biology, the findings of which are opening a more inclusive, wider picture of the universe. The different models of the universal order and of life here presented, all aiming at the first principles of existence—accord with the phenomenology/ontopoiesis of life within the logos-prompted primogenital stream of becoming and action, which points to a future of progressing culture.

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Author:   Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka ,  Attila Grandpierre
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2011 ed.
Volume:   107
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9789400734319


ISBN 10:   940073431
Pages:   315
Publication Date:   02 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

GEO-COSMIC HORIZONS OF THE LOGOS OF LIFE.- Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka.- Section I: ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY FLOURISHING IN THE NEW ENLIGHTENMENT.- Astrobiology, theoretical biology, quantum physics, history of science, philosophy of science.- Section II: COSMOS SHAPING WORLD VIEWS.- History of science, philosophy of science.- Section III: ASTRONOMY IN THE ORIGINS OF CULTURE.- Archaeoastronomy, history of astronomy, cultural astronomy.- Section IV: UNIVERSE AND LIFE.- Quantum physics, consciousness research, astrobiology, complexity theory.- Section V: THE WORLD OF LIFE, ASTRONOMY AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT.- History of astronomy, social sciences.- Index.

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