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Philsosphy in Crisis: The Need for Reconstruction Hardcover - 2001
by Mario Augusto Bunge
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It is a commonplace that we are going through a technological revolution as radical as the ones initiated by the steam engine, electric power, telecommunications, the internal-combustion engine, and the pill: namely, the information revolution.
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- Title Philsosphy in Crisis: The Need for Reconstruction
- Author Mario Augusto Bunge
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1St Edition
- Pages 245
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, U.S.A.
- Date January 2001
- ISBN 9781573928434 / 1573928437
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.33 x 6.34 x 0.97 in (23.70 x 16.10 x 2.46 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Philosophy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00045844
- Dewey Decimal Code 199.82
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- Choice, 01/01/2002, Page 893
- Library Journal, 03/01/2001, Page 98
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2002, Page 3
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Amherst, New York, U.S.A.: Prometheus Books, Publishers. New. 2001. Hardcover. 1573928437 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED -- 245 pages -- DESCRIPTION: Recognizing the moribund state of postmodern philosophy, Mario Bunge suggests ways to reconstruct the discipline by building a system that addresses real-world problems, is exact and compatible with contemporary science, and above all, shuns purely academic problems. Perennial philosophical concerns such as What is mind? , What is the nature of society? , Are there limits to our knowledge? , and How should human rights be balanced with moral obligations? will always be of interest to thinking human beings, says Bunge, and philosophy should be the main intellectual tool for exploring and clarifying such all-important issues. -- REVIEWS: Library Journal: "The ever-crusading Bunge here argues that…
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