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The Idea of Progress / ed. by Arnold Burgen, Jürgen Mittelstraß, Peter McLaughlin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Philosophie und Wissenschaft : Transdisziplinäre Studien ; 13Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]Copyright date: ©1997Edition: Reprint 2012Description: 1 online resource (241 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110153934
  • 9783110820423
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB19
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Progress: Fact and Fiction -- Impact and Limits of the Idea of Progress in Antiquity -- Philosophical Commitments and Scientific Progress -- The Chinese “Cyclic” View of History vs. Japanese “Progress” -- Political Progress: Reality or Illusion? -- Progress and the Future -- Progress and Development in Music History -- Progress in Philosophy -- Time in the Universe -- Progress in Biological Evolution -- The Idea of Progress in Evolutionary Biology: Philosophical Considerations -- The Idea of Progress in Human Health -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110820423

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Progress: Fact and Fiction -- Impact and Limits of the Idea of Progress in Antiquity -- Philosophical Commitments and Scientific Progress -- The Chinese “Cyclic” View of History vs. Japanese “Progress” -- Political Progress: Reality or Illusion? -- Progress and the Future -- Progress and Development in Music History -- Progress in Philosophy -- Time in the Universe -- Progress in Biological Evolution -- The Idea of Progress in Evolutionary Biology: Philosophical Considerations -- The Idea of Progress in Human Health -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

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Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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