MASTERY OF NATURE: PROMISES AND PROSPECTS by Bernhardt L. Trout (2018 HC){R5}

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University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812249933
ISBN-13
9780812249934
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Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mastery of Nature : Promises and Prospects
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social Aspects, History & Theory, Social History, Political, History
Type
Textbook
Author
Bernhardt L. Trout
Subject Area
Philosophy, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Science, History
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Hardcover

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1 in
Item Weight
22.5 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
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6.3 in

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College Audience
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2017-032717
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Addressing a mix of technology, politics, culture, and philosophy of science, the essays in Mastery of Nature connect the intellectual stages of philosophical and scientific development with unusual precision and depth. The collection amounts to a rare exchange between philosophical critics of the modern scientific project and its serious defenders., "This volume is an ambitious undertaking made possible by an impressive group of contributors whose essays, while diverse, work together to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Mastery of Nature is a significant contribution to several fields, including political philosophy, intellectual history, and philosophy of science."--Ronna Burger, Tulane University, This volume is an ambitious undertaking made possible by an impressive group of contributors whose essays, while diverse, work together to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Mastery of Nature is a significant contribution to several fields, including political philosophy, intellectual history, and philosophy of science., "Addressing a mix of technology, politics, culture, and philosophy of science, the essays in Mastery of Nature connect the intellectual stages of philosophical and scientific development with unusual precision and depth. The collection amounts to a rare exchange between philosophical critics of the modern scientific project and its serious defenders."--Robert Faulkner, Boston College
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Table Of Content
Preface --Ralph Lerner Introduction --Daniel A. Doneson, Svetozar Y. Minkov, and Bernhardt L. Trout PART I. THE PROJECT FOR MASTERY Chapter 1. Machiavelli and the Discovery of Fact --Harvey C. Mansfield Chapter 2. The Place of the Treatment of the Conquest of Nature in Francis Bacon's On the Wisdom of the Ancients --Svetozar Y. Minkov Chapter 3. Hobbes on Nature and Its Conquest --Devin Stauffer Chapter 4. Devising Nature: An Essay on Descartes's Discourse on Method --Stuart D. Warner Chapter 5. Montesquieu, Commerce, and Science --Diana J. Schaub Chapter 6. Bacon and Franklin on Religion and Mastery of Nature --Jerry Weinberger PART II. ANCIENT ALTERNATIVES AND ANTICIPATIONS Chapter 7. On the Supremacy of Contemplation in Aristotle and Plato --Robert C. Bartlett Chapter 8. Xenophon and the Conquest of Nature --Christopher Nadon Chapter 9. Lucretius on Rebelling Against the "Laws" of Nature --Paul Ludwig PART III. CONSEQUENCES, CRITIQUES, AND CORRECTIONS Chapter 10. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Return to Nature vs. Conquest of Nature --Arthur Melzer Chapter 11. Kant on Organism and History: Ambiguous Endings --Richard Velkley Chapter 12. Beyond the Island of Truth: Hegel and the Shipwreck of Science --Michael A. Gillespie Chapter 13. Separating the Moral and Theological Prejudices and Taking Hold of Human Evolution --Lise van Boxel Chapter 14. Mastery of Nature and Its Limits: The Question of Heidegger --Mark Blitz Chapter 15. What Is Natural Philosophy? The Perspective of Contemporary Science --Adam Schulman Chapter 16. Quantum Mechanics and Political Philosophy --Bernhardt L. Trout Notes List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
Synopsis
In the early modern period, thinkers began to suggest that philosophy abjure the ideal of dispassionate contemplation of the natural world in favor of a more practically minded project that aimed to make human beings masters and possessors of nature. Humanity would seize control of its own fate and overthrow the rule by hostile natural or imaginary forces. The gradual spread of liberal democratic government, the Enlightenment, and the rise of technological modernity are to a considerable extent the fruits of this early modern shift in intellectual concern and focus. But these long-term trends have also brought unintended consequences in their wake as the dynamic forces of social reason, historical progress, and the continued recalcitrance of the natural world have combined to disillusion humans of the possibility--even the desirability--of their mastery over nature. The essays in Mastery of Nature constitute an extensive analysis of the fundamental aspects of the human grasp of nature. What is the foundation and motive of the modern project in the first place? What kind of a world did its early advocates hope to bring about? Contributors not only examine the foundational theories espoused by early modern thinkers such as Machiavelli, Bacon, Descartes, and Hobbes but also explore the criticisms and corrections that appeared in the works of Rousseau, Kant, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Ranging from ancient Greek thought to contemporary quantum mechanics, Mastery of Nature investigates to what extent nature can be conquered to further human ends and to what extent such mastery is compatible with human flourishing. Contributors : Robert C. Bartlett, Mark Blitz, Daniel A. Doneson, Michael A. Gillespie, Ralph Lerner, Paul Ludwig, Harvey C. Mansfield, Arthur Melzer, Svetozar Y. Minkov, Christopher Nadon, Diana J. Schaub, Adam Schulman, Devin Stauffer, Bernhardt L. Trout, Lise van Boxel, Richard Velkley, Stuart D. Warner, Jerry Weinberger., In the early modern period, thinkers began to suggest that philosophy abjure the ideal of dispassionate contemplation of the natural world in favor of a more practically minded project that aimed to make human beings masters and possessors of nature. Humanity would seize control of its own fate and overthrow the rule by hostile natural or imaginary forces. The gradual spread of liberal democratic government, the Enlightenment, and the rise of technological modernity are to a considerable extent the fruits of this early modern shift in intellectual concern and focus. But these long-term trends have also brought unintended consequences in their wake as the dynamic forces of social reason, historical progress, and the continued recalcitrance of the natural world have combined to disillusion humans of the possibility--even the desirability--of their mastery over nature. The essays in Mastery of Nature constitute an extensive analysis of the fundamental aspects of the human grasp of nature. What is the foundation and motive of the modern project in the first place? What kind of a world did its early advocates hope to bring about? Contributors not only examine the foundational theories espoused by early modern thinkers such as Machiavelli, Bacon, Descartes, and Hobbes but also explore the criticisms and corrections that appeared in the works of Rousseau, Kant, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Ranging from ancient Greek thought to contemporary quantum mechanics, Mastery of Nature investigates to what extent nature can be conquered to further human ends and to what extent such mastery is compatible with human flourishing. Contributors Robert C. Bartlett, Mark Blitz, Daniel A. Doneson, Michael A. Gillespie, Ralph Lerner, Paul Ludwig, Harvey C. Mansfield, Arthur Melzer, Svetozar Y. Minkov, Christopher Nadon, Diana J. Schaub, Adam Schulman, Devin Stauffer, Bernhardt L. Trout, Lise van Boxel, Richard Velkley, Stuart D. Warner, Jerry Weinberger., Ranging from ancient Greek thought to contemporary quantum mechanics, Mastery of Nature investigates to what extent nature can be conquered to further human ends and to what extent such mastery is compatible with human flourishing.
LC Classification Number
BD581.M324 2018

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