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Cosmic Understanding Milton K. Munitz Paperback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Dirt on the bottom of the book. Inside front pages show what looks like residual moisture”
- ISBN
- 9780691020594
- EAN
- 9780691020594
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691020590
ISBN-13
9780691020594
eBay Product ID (ePID)
263280
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
298 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Cosmic Understanding : Philosophy and Science of the Universe
Publication Year
1990
Subject
Cosmology, Metaphysics
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
86-091546
Reviews
"For those who live with complete faith in the power of reason and who believe that the observable cosmos is all there is or was or ever will be, Munitz's Cosmic Understanding should be a profoundly disturbing book. In a thoughtful and closely structured account, Munitz defends two intertwined concepts. First, reality, often depicted solely as a simple physical process, albeit wondrous and infinite, is actually something mysteriously deeper. In particular, he argues that the evolutionary nature of the universe points to some larger transcendental quality. Secondly, he reasons that the perceptual world is a human construct, always only incompletely knowable. . . . he has argued brilliantly for the depth and thickness of reality."-- Owen Gingerich, Nature, "This is a book to be argued with, argued from, listened to, objected to, learned from, respected, agreed with, and disagreed with. . . . Munitz, far from proposing all the answers in either the philosophical or the physical discussions, poses the questions and provides tantalizing directions of inquiry for the reader."-- Paul A. Robinson, Jr., The Christian Science Monitor, "This is a book to be argued with, argued from, listened to, objected to, learned from, respected, agreed with, and disagreed with. . . . Munitz, far from proposing all the answers in either the philosophical or the physical discussions, poses the questions and provides tantalizing directions of inquiry for the reader." --Paul A. Robinson, Jr., The Christian Science Monitor, The great merit of this book is that it provides a contemporary approach to the treatment of questions central to classical Western philosophy and religion, e.g., What is the nature and origin of the universe? Does the universe have a purpose? The method has its source both in contemporary science and in philosophy., For those who live with complete faith in the power of reason and who believe that the observable cosmos is all there is or was or ever will be, Munitz's Cosmic Understanding should be a profoundly disturbing book. In a thoughtful and closely structured account, Munitz defends two intertwined concepts. First, reality, often depicted solely as a simple physical process, albeit wondrous and infinite, is actually something mysteriously deeper. In particular, he argues that the evolutionary nature of the universe points to some larger transcendental quality. Secondly, he reasons that the perceptual world is a human construct, always only incompletely knowable. . . . he has argued brilliantly for the depth and thickness of reality. -- Owen Gingerich, Nature, This is a book to be argued with, argued from, listened to, objected to, learned from, respected, agreed with, and disagreed with. . . . Munitz, far from proposing all the answers in either the philosophical or the physical discussions, poses the questions and provides tantalizing directions of inquiry for the reader. -- Paul A. Robinson, Jr., The Christian Science Monitor, "For those who live with complete faith in the power of reason and who believe that the observable cosmos is all there is or was or ever will be, Munitz's Cosmic Understanding should be a profoundly disturbing book. In a thoughtful and closely structured account, Munitz defends two intertwined concepts. First, reality, often depicted solely as a simple physical process, albeit wondrous and infinite, is actually something mysteriously deeper. In particular, he argues that the evolutionary nature of the universe points to some larger transcendental quality. Secondly, he reasons that the perceptual world is a human construct, always only incompletely knowable. . . . he has argued brilliantly for the depth and thickness of reality." --Owen Gingerich, Nature, The great merit of this book is that it provides a contemporary approach to the treatment of questions central to classical Western philosophy and religion, e.g., What is the nature and origin of the universe? Does the universe have a purpose? The method has its source both in contemporary science and in philosophy. -- Choice, "The great merit of this book is that it provides a contemporary approach to the treatment of questions central to classical Western philosophy and religion, e.g., What is the nature and origin of the universe? Does the universe have a purpose? The method has its source both in contemporary science and in philosophy."-- Choice, "The great merit of this book is that it provides a contemporary approach to the treatment of questions central to classical Western philosophy and religion, e.g., What is the nature and origin of the universe? Does the universe have a purpose? The method has its source both in contemporary science and in philosophy." -- Choice, For those who live with complete faith in the power of reason and who believe that the observable cosmos is all there is or was or ever will be, Munitz's Cosmic Understanding should be a profoundly disturbing book. In a thoughtful and closely structured account, Munitz defends two intertwined concepts. First, reality, often depicted solely as a simple physical process, albeit wondrous and infinite, is actually something mysteriously deeper. In particular, he argues that the evolutionary nature of the universe points to some larger transcendental quality. Secondly, he reasons that the perceptual world is a human construct, always only incompletely knowable. . . . he has argued brilliantly for the depth and thickness of reality., This is a book to be argued with, argued from, listened to, objected to, learned from, respected, agreed with, and disagreed with. . . . Munitz, far from proposing all the answers in either the philosophical or the physical discussions, poses the questions and provides tantalizing directions of inquiry for the reader.
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
113
Synopsis
Given the prevailing consensus among cosmologists that the universe had its beginning approximately 15 billion years ago, and that it will reach its end in the remote yet foreseeable future, we face the momentous intellectual challenge of how to assimilate these scientific claims into our fundamental world view. In this work the distinguished philosopher Milton Munitz provides a lucid account of the chief empirical findings and theories of recent cosmology and a systematic assessment of their broader philosophical implications., Given the prevailing consensus among cosmologists that the universe had its beginning approximately 15 billion years ago, and that it will reach its end in the remote yet foreseeable future, we face the momentous intellectual challenge of how to assimilate these scientific claims into our fundamental world view. In this work the distinguished philo, The description for this book, Cosmic Understanding: Philosophy and Science of the Universe, will be forthcoming.
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