Science and Enlightenment Two Great Problems of Learning /

• Main Author: Maxwell, Nicholas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Subjects: Philosophy and social sciences.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.; Popular Science in Philosophy.

This book argues that two great problems of learning confront humanity: learning about the nature of the universe and about ourselves and other living things as a part of it; and learning how to become civilized. The author proposes that with the creation of modern science in the 17th century, the f...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Learning about the Universe and Learning how to Create an Enlightened World
• Chapter 2. The Enlightenment and the Romantic Opposition
• Chapter 3. The New Enlightenment
• Chapter 4. The New Enlightenment and Academic Inquiry
• Chapter 5. From Knowledge to Wisdom
• Chapter 6. Current Domination of Knowledge-Inquiry
• Chapter 7. How Would Wisdom-Inquiry Help?
• Chapter 8. Questions and Objections
• Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusion. .