Philosophy and the Origin and Evolution of the Universe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780792313229)

The Universe as a Scientific and Philosophical Problem.- The Geometric Structure of the Universe.- Superstring Unification and the Existence of Gravity.- The Universe of Modern Science and its Philosophical Exploration.- From Molecules to Life.- Meta-Neuroanatomy: The Myth of the Unbounded Main/Brain.- Emergence and Reduction in Morphogenetic Theories.- What can we know about the Universe?.- The Universe as a Scientific Object.- General Laws of Nature and The Uniqueness of the Universe.- The Anthropic Principle and its Epistemological Status in Modern Physical Cosmology.- Evolutionary Ideas and Contemporary Naturalism.- Origin and Evolution of the Universe and Mankind.- Index of Names.

Author: Evandro Agazzi
ISBN-10: 0792313224
ISBN-13: 9780792313229
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/31/1991
Pages: 484
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.93lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d