Cosmic Understanding: Philosophy and Science of the Universe - Hardcover
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Milton K. Munitz is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the City University of New York. Among his numerous works on the philosophical ramifications of cosmology is The Question of Reality (Princeton).
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"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)
"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
"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
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- PublisherPrinceton University Press
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0691073120
- ISBN 13 9780691073125
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages298
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