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Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and their Histories

Wallace Matson

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Description:After a Darwinian-type account of what beliefs are and how they arose in animals acting to cope with their environments — “low beliefs,” virtually all of which are true — Wallace Matson here shows how the invention of language led to imagination and thence to beliefs formed in other ways (“high beliefs”), not true though thought to be, which could be consolidated into mythologies, the first Grand Unified Theories of Everything. Science began when Thales of Miletus produced a Grand Theory based on low (“everyday”) beliefs. Matson traces the course of science and philosophy through seven centuries to their sudden and violent displacement by Christianity with its Grand Theory of the old type. Against the widespread opinion that modern philosophy has slowly but completely emancipated itself from bondage to theology, he shows how remnants from the medieval ‘interlude’ still lurk unnoticed in the purportedly neutral notions of logical possibility, possible worlds, and laws as commands, to the detriment of the natural harmony between science and philosophy, including ethics. Accessibly written, this is a book for all who are interested in the foundations of 21st century thought and who wonder where the cracks might be.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and their Histories. To get started finding Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and their Histories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 240

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Release: 2011

ISBN: 0199812691

Description: After a Darwinian-type account of what beliefs are and how they arose in animals acting to cope with their environments — “low beliefs,” virtually all of which are true — Wallace Matson here shows how the invention of language led to imagination and thence to beliefs formed in other ways (“high beliefs”), not true though thought to be, which could be consolidated into mythologies, the first Grand Unified Theories of Everything. Science began when Thales of Miletus produced a Grand Theory based on low (“everyday”) beliefs. Matson traces the course of science and philosophy through seven centuries to their sudden and violent displacement by Christianity with its Grand Theory of the old type. Against the widespread opinion that modern philosophy has slowly but completely emancipated itself from bondage to theology, he shows how remnants from the medieval ‘interlude’ still lurk unnoticed in the purportedly neutral notions of logical possibility, possible worlds, and laws as commands, to the detriment of the natural harmony between science and philosophy, including ethics. Accessibly written, this is a book for all who are interested in the foundations of 21st century thought and who wonder where the cracks might be.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and their Histories. To get started finding Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and their Histories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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