The Future of the sciences and humanities : : four analytical essays and a critical debate on the future of scholastic endeavour / / contributions by James McAllister [and other] ; edited by Peter Tindemans, Alexander Verrijn-Stuart and Rob Visser.
The arts and sciences evolve by specialisation and broadening of their scopes. Much innovation results from unusual combinations of views and techniques originating in widely different domains. However, stepping outside an established discipline entails the danger of 'shallowness', even if...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2002. |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (239 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Feb 2021). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front matter
- Preface
- Table of contents
- 1. The Sciences and Arts Debate. A review and some conclusions / Tindemans, Peter A.J. / Verrijn-Stuart, Alexander A. / Visser, Rob P.W.
- 2. Historical and Structural Approaches in the Natural and Human Sciences / McAllister, James W.
- Discussion: The Role of Laws and Contingency in History / Kornet, Diedel
- 3. Science and Society in Flux / van Benthem, Johan
- Discussion: Does A New Kind of Science Require a New Kind of Scholar or a New Kind of University? / Devlin, Keith
- 4. Science for the 21st Century / Rip, Arie
- Discussion: Redrawing Disciplinary Boundaries - but to What Degree? / Elzinga, Aant
- 5. Science and Democracy / Philipse, Herman
- Science and Democracy: a difficult relationship: 'An enlightened and elitist essay on an unresolvable problem' / Schnabel, Paul
- 6. Epilogue
- 7. Appendix