In the first volume in this four volume masterwork, Alexander proposes a scientific view of the world in which all-space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for a new architecture. With this view as a foundation, w…
"Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Natu…
This volume focuses on the exploration and articulation of a narrative that considers the notion of order within modern philosophy - its various kinds (natural, moral, divine, and human), the different ways in which each is conceived, and the diverse dependency relations that ar…
This volume focuses on the exploration and articulation of a narrative that considers the notion of order within modern philosophy - its various kinds (natural, moral, divine, and human), the different ways in which each is conceived, and the diverse dependency relations that ar…
"This volume contains ten new essays focused on the exploration and articulation of a narrative that considers the notion of order within medieval and modern philosophy--its various kinds (natural, moral, divine, and human), the different ways in which each is conceived, and the…
This volume focuses on the exploration and articulation of a narrative that considers the notion of order within modern philosophy - its various kinds (natural, moral, divine, and human), the different ways in which each is conceived, and the diverse dependency relations that ar…
"Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book traces the development of entropic themes, capturing phenomena ranging from chaos, disorder, homogenization, slackening, dissipation, and ultimately death"
"Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book traces the development of entropic themes, capturing phenomena ranging from chaos, disorder, homogenization, slackening, dissipation, and ultimately death"--
"Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book traces the development of entropic themes, capturing phenomena ranging from chaos, disorder, homogenization, slackening, dissipation, and ultimately death"-- Now is a time of tremendous anxiety about the present and future state …
"This project envisages a study of Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) and of the role played by metaxy in his vision of political philosophy. Metaxy already defined by Plato as the "in-between" matrix of the human condition is for Voegelin a powerful notion that symbolizes the intermedia…