Haller John S. Fictions of Certitude: Science, Faith, and the Search for Meaning, 1840-1920 9780817320539

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Автор: Haller John S.
Название: Fictions of Certitude: Science, Faith, and the Search for Meaning, 1840-1920
ISBN: 9780817320539
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

История нового времени до 20 века: с 1700 по 1900

История западной философии

Философия науки

История естественных наук

Разум, тело, дух

ISBN-10: 0817320539
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 320
Вес: 0.61 кг.
Дата издания: 30.03.2020
Серия: History
Язык: English
Размер: 231 x 163 x 36
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900,History of Western philosophy,Mind, Body, Spirit, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General,HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century
Подзаголовок: Science, faith, and the search for meaning, 1840aeuro"1920
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The search for belief and meaning among nineteenth-century intellectuals.The nineteenth centurys explosion of scientific theories and new technologies undermined many deep-seated beliefs that had long formed the basis of Western society, making it impossible for many to retain the unconditional faith of their forebears. A myriad of discoveries - including Faradays electromagnetic induction, Joules law of conservation of energy, Pasteurs germ theory, Darwins and Wallaces theories of evolution by natural selection, and Plancks work on quantum theory - shattered conventional understandings of the world that had been dictated by traditional religious teachings and philosophical systems for centuries.Fictions of Certitude: Science, Faith, and the Search for Meaning, 1840-1920 investigates the fin de si?cle search for truth and meaning in a world that had been radically transformed. John S. Haller Jr. examines the moral and philosophical journeys of nine European and American intellectuals who sought deeper understanding amid such paradigmatic upheaval. Auguste Comte, John Henry Newman, Herbert Spencer, Alfred Russel Wallace, Thomas Henry Huxley, John Fiske, William James, Lester Frank Ward, and Paul Carus all belonged to an age in which one world was passing, while another world that was both astounding and threatening was rising to take its place.For Haller, what makes the work of these nine thinkers worthy of examination is how they strove in different ways to find certitude and belief in the face of an epochal sea change. Some found ways to reconceptualize a world in which God and nature coexist. For others, the challenge was to discern meaning in a world in which no higher power or purpose can be found. As explained by D. H. Myer, The later Victorians were perhaps the last generation among English-speaking intellectuals able to believe that man was capable of understanding his universe, just as they were the first generation collectively to suspect that he never would.
Дополнительное описание: History|Philosophical traditions and schools of thought|Mind, body, spirit

Fictions of Certitude: Science, Faith, and the Search for Meaning, 1840-1920, Haller John S.