Regaining to Know Aright: 'Natural' Knowledge for a Secular World - Tapa blanda

Wilkinson, Geoffrey

 
9781916062214: Regaining to Know Aright: 'Natural' Knowledge for a Secular World
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 1916062210 ISBN 13: 9781916062214
Editorial: Geoffrey M. Wilkinson, 2024

Sinopsis

We want to believe that the world is intelligible - that there is some reason why it is as it is, or exists at all. But the belief is unsustainable now we know that ultimately the world is unintelligible, made of fundamental particles that just burst into being 13.8 billion years ago and behave in ways that baffle us. How do we reconcile ourselves to the reality that in the beginning was no design, no purpose, reason or reasonableness? This essay proposes that we look to four historically and culturally diverse figures who did not expect or demand intelligibility in all things: the Roman poet Lucretius, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, and the Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitarō. For in their writings can be found key elements of the 'natural' knowledge we need for a more honest, secular accommodation with the world. The question of what difference such knowledge could or should make to our lives is left open, or rather, is left to the reader to answer. 


"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Geoffrey Wilkinson is an independent essayist and sometime translator of Japanese poetry, with no academic or other affiliations. He lives in Wales. His two most recent books, both published in 2024, are 'Regaining to Know Aright: "Natural" Knowledge for a Secular World' (ISBN 9781916062214) and 'Zen and the Art of Piracy' (ISBN 9781916062221).

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Geoffrey M. Wilkinson
Año de publicación
2024
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1916062210
ISBN 13 
9781916062214
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
150
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible