Humanity in a Creative Universe

Humanity in a Creative Universe
Author: Stuart A. Kauffman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2016
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0199390452

Much of Stuart Kauffman's work in the philosophy of evolutionary biology has centered on the question of what he calls "prestatability" in evolution: that is, whether or not science can precisely predict the future development of biological features in organisms, using a singular "FinalTheory" of evolution. In this book, Kauffman argues that the development of life on earth is not prestatable, because no theory could ever fully account for the limitless variability of evolution. He believes that the biological universe's primary trait is that it is creative, and that acknowledgingthis creativity will lead to a radically different way in which humans view themselves and all other living beings. It is an argument against Reductive Materialism.Kauffman also asserts that man's Modern preoccupation to explain all things with scientific law has deadened our creative natures. In his words, he aims for the book to be "one that revises our scientific world view of the universe as entirely entailed by law." Instead, he advocates an approach toscience that accounts for "unprestatable" creativity, thus allowing humans to fully realize their creative selves. The book will build off the ideas developed in his last two works, Reinventing the Sacred and Investigations. Incorporating philosophers like Kant and Descartes, as well as the scienceof Newton and Darwin, Humanity in a Creative Universe is Stuart Kauffman's argument for a creative and unpredictable view of modern science.

A Model of the Universe

A Model of the Universe
Author: Storrs McCall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1994
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0198240538

He shows that this theory can illuminate a wide variety of hitherto unresolved philosophical problems: these include the direction and flow of time, the nature of scientific laws, the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the definition of probability, counterfactual semantics, and the notions of identity, essential properties, deliberation, decision, and free will.

The Innovative Animal

The Innovative Animal
Author: Nizar M. Benazzouz PhD
Publisher: Nizar M. Benazzouz PhD
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2023-08-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Unveiling the Secrets Behind All Successful Creations Within the Human Matrix. Written by Digital Transformation Manager & Innovation Professor: Nizar M. Benazzouz, PhD Imagine a world where innovation permeates every facet of existence. A reality where the boundaries between perception and truth blur, revealing a deeper, more enigmatic understanding of our universe. In 'The Innovative Animal: Unveiling the Hidden Pattern within All Natural & Human Innovations,' prepare to embark on a journey that challenges your perception of reality, weaving together ancient wisdom and modern progress to uncover both the visible and hidden layers of the Matrix that shapes your very existence as it: Redefines the vast ocean of innovation beyond the typical business and technological boundaries, to include any natural or human, physical or mental creation serving a purpose. Dives into the deep waters of "change", and how this fundamental concept is intertwined with existence itself. Challenges and superpose western science and progress (quantum physics, industrial revolutions, etc.) and eastern philosophies and beliefs (Yin & Yang, religions, etc.) to build a comprehensive picture of the role of innovation in shaping our reality. Explores the 5 variables of the timeless innovative pattern: Need, Motivation, Creativity, Technology and Value. Provides a thought-provoking outlook into the state-of-the-art of human innovativeness and where it’s leading us as individuals and a species. BONUS: Demonstrates how you are subconsciously innovating your reality every second and how to take control of this process to your and others’ benefit. … Are you ready to expand your innovative consciousness and shatter the illusion that confines your perception to a single and maybe distorted reality ? Pick Up your Own Copy Today to Dive into the Dark Waters of the Matrix that Surrounds us All!

Throwing the Moral Dice

Throwing the Moral Dice
Author: Thomas Claviez
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0823298094

More than a purely philosophical problem, straddling the ambivalent terrain between necessity and impossibility, contingency has become the very horizon of everyday life. Often used as a synonym for the precariousness of working conditions under neoliberalism, for the unknown threats posed by terrorism, or for the uncertain future of the planet itself, contingency needs to be calculated and controlled in the name of the protection of life. The overcoming of contingency is not only called upon to justify questionable mechanisms of political control; it serves as a central legitimating factor for Enlightenment itself. In this volume, nine major philosophers and theorists address a range of questions around contingency and moral philosophy. How can we rethink contingency in its creative aspects, outside the dominant rhetoric of risk and dangerous exposure? What is the status of contingency—as the unnecessary and law-defying—in or for ethics? What would an alternative “ethics of contingency”—one that does not simply attempt to sublate it out of existence—look like? The volume tackles the problem contingency has always posed to both ethical theory and dialectics: that of difference itself, in the difficult mediation between the particular and the universal, same and other, the contingent singularity of the event and the necessary generality of the norms and laws. From deconstruction to feminism to ecological thought, some of today’s most influential thinkers reshape many of the most debated concepts in moral philosophy: difference, agency, community, and life itself. Contributors: Étienne Balibar, Rosi Braidotti, Thomas Claviez, Drucilla Cornell, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Viola Marchi, Michael Naas, Cary Wolfe, Slavoj Žižek