The Idea of Progress

Published by De Gruyter 1997

The Idea of Progress

Edited by: Arnold Burgen , Peter McLaughlin and Jürgen Mittelstraß

Volume 13 in the series Philosophie und Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110820423

Contents

Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Progress: Fact and Fiction Georg Henrik von Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Impact and Limits of the Idea of Progress in Antiquity Walter Burkert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Philosophical Commitments and Scientific Progress A.C. Crombie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
The Chinese “Cyclic” View of History vs. Japanese “Progress” Shigeru Nakayama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Political Progress: Reality or Illusion? Jean Blondel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Progress and the Future Nicholas Rescher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Progress and Development in Music History Rudolf Flotzinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Progress in Philosophy Dag Prawitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Time in the Universe John D. Barrow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Progress in Biological Evolution Antonio García-Bellido Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
The Idea of Progress in Evolutionary Biology: Philosophical Considerations Gereon Wolters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
The Idea of Progress in Human Health Philippe Lazar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Reprint 2012
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 241
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10

eBook

Published: October 25, 2012
ISBN: 9783110820423

Hardcover

Published: January 20, 1997
ISBN: 9783110153934