Rescuing humanity transcending the limits of mathematics, science, and technology / Willem H. Vanderburg.
| Author/creator | Vanderburg, Willem H. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2023] |
| Description | xiv, 402 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Our Physical Embodiment within the Relativity of Life and the World -- Our Social and Cultural Embodiment in the Relativity of Human Life in the World -- Living with a Dual Relativity beyond Cultural Embodiment -- Mathematics as the Non-Language of Science and Technique -- Human Knowing and Discipline-Based Science -- Human Doing, Technique, and the Living of Our Lives. |
| Abstract | "In Rescuing Humanity, Willem H. Vanderburg reminds us that we have relied on discipline-based approaches for human knowing, doing, and organizing for less than a century. During this brief period, these approaches have become responsible for both our spectacular successes and most of our social and environmental crises. At their roots is a cultural mutation that includes secular religious attitudes that veil the limits of these approaches, leading to their overvaluation. Because their use, especially in science and technology, is primarily built up with mathematics, living entities and systems can be dealt with only as if their "architecture" or "design" is based on the principle of non-contradiction, which is true only for non-living entities. This distortion explains our many crises. Vanderburg begins to explore the limits of discipline-based approaches, which guides the way toward developing complementary ones capable of transcending these limits. It is no different from a carpenter going beyond the limits of his hammer by reaching for other tools. As we grapple with everything from the impacts of social media, the ongoing climate crisis, and divisive political ideologies, Rescuing Humanity reveals that our civilization must learn to do the equivalent if humans and other living things are to continue making earth a home."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023280506 |
| ISBN | 148755110X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781487551100 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781487552473 paperback |
| ISBN | 1487552475 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |