The topic of rationality is treated in a perspective that integrates elements of philosophy of language, ratiovitalism, phenomenology, pragmatism, and philosophy of life. The approach is inspired by Ortega y Gasset and Wittgenstein. The contributions focus on: dynamics of belief…
La rationalité, une ou plurielle?
The book deals with the ways in which organizations can achieve co-ordinated action when it is most difficult to do so, that is, when it is a question of major changes in relation to the kind of action the organization is used to.
Science and technology -- Functionality and certainty -- Philosophical explorations -- Usefulness -- Models of technology -- Technological paradigms -- The question of rationality -- An illustration: medicine -- The tools of science
In Using Knowledge: On the Rationality of Science, Technology, and Medicine Ingemar Nordin analyses the philosophical problems and nature of science, technology, and medicine. The main focus of the book is on the structure and dynamics of technological change. What implications …
Introduction -- Homer and Sophocles -- Thucydides -- David Hume -- Dickens, Trollope, and Collins -- Max Weber -- Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka -- Conclusions.
Rationalism is a cornerstone of the modern Occident's conception of itself. However, as shown by the post-colonial reading of the term found in Max Weber's comparative studies of religion, the concept of rationalism is also an instrument for hierarchization and essentialization …