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Nicholas Maxwell

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Description:Science and technology have made the modern world possible, but also created all the global problems that threaten our the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, mass extinction of species, environmental degradation, overpopulation, lethal modern war, and the menace of nuclear weapons. Nicholas Maxwell, world-renowned philosopher of science and author of 14 books, argues that all these problems have come about because humans have solved only the first of two great problems of learning ― how to ― acquire scientific knowledge and technological know-how ― but not the second how to create a civilized, wise world.The key disaster of our times is that we have science without wisdom. At present, universities all over the world are devoted to the pursuit of specialized knowledge and technology, or "knowledge-inquiry". Maxwell contends that they need to be radically transformed so that their basic function becomes to help humanity tackle global problems, with a more rigorous and socially beneficial perspective he calls "wisdom-inquiry". About It spells out in detail the changes that need to be made to academic inquiry, why they need to be made, and how they would enable universities to help humanity actively and effectively tackle and solve current global problems. Academics from a wide range of disciplines (philosophy and inquiry, pedagogy and education policies, global studies, environmental science, etc). Students (undergraduate and graduate). The general reader. Those concerned professionally with global problems, and with higher education.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 WORLD CRISIS, THE - AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: A REVOLUTION FOR THOUGHT AND ACTION. To get started finding WORLD CRISIS, THE - AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: A REVOLUTION FOR THOUGHT AND ACTION, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Science and technology have made the modern world possible, but also created all the global problems that threaten our the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, mass extinction of species, environmental degradation, overpopulation, lethal modern war, and the menace of nuclear weapons. Nicholas Maxwell, world-renowned philosopher of science and author of 14 books, argues that all these problems have come about because humans have solved only the first of two great problems of learning ― how to ― acquire scientific knowledge and technological know-how ― but not the second how to create a civilized, wise world.The key disaster of our times is that we have science without wisdom. At present, universities all over the world are devoted to the pursuit of specialized knowledge and technology, or "knowledge-inquiry". Maxwell contends that they need to be radically transformed so that their basic function becomes to help humanity tackle global problems, with a more rigorous and socially beneficial perspective he calls "wisdom-inquiry". About It spells out in detail the changes that need to be made to academic inquiry, why they need to be made, and how they would enable universities to help humanity actively and effectively tackle and solve current global problems. Academics from a wide range of disciplines (philosophy and inquiry, pedagogy and education policies, global studies, environmental science, etc). Students (undergraduate and graduate). The general reader. Those concerned professionally with global problems, and with higher education.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 WORLD CRISIS, THE - AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: A REVOLUTION FOR THOUGHT AND ACTION. To get started finding WORLD CRISIS, THE - AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: A REVOLUTION FOR THOUGHT AND ACTION, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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