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World Views and the Problem of Synthesis

The Yellow Book of “Einstein Meets Magritte”

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Diederik Aerts

    1. Brussels Free University, Belgium

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  2. Hubert Belle

    1. VZW Worldviews, Belgium

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  3. Jan Veken

    1. Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. In Search of an Integrated View on the Whole of Reality: Introducing the Worldview Project

    • Jan Van der Veken
    Pages 1-10

  3. Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in the Philosophy and Thinking of Leo Apostel

    • Hubert Van Belle
    Pages 11-15

  4. Why Not Nothing?

    • Leo Apostel
    Pages 17-49

  5. Leo Apostel’s World Views Program in the Perspective of His Causal Ontology a Critical Appraisal

    • Diderik Batens, Wim Christiaens
    Pages 51-70

  6. “The Structures of Knowledge, or How Many Ways May We Know?”

    • Immanuel Wallerstein
    Pages 71-77

  7. Discourses of Globalisation and World Views

    • Robert Maier
    Pages 79-94

  8. The Game of The Biomousa: A View of Discovery and Creation

    • Diederik Aerts
    Pages 95-125

  9. The Seven Keys of Any World View

    • Fons Elders
    Pages 127-143

  10. Buddhism as Part of a Global Understanding of Reality

    • Frans Goetghebeur
    Pages 145-156

  11. Synthesizing Four Ideals of Humanity

    • Tetsunori Koizumi
    Pages 157-168

  12. Kantian Metaphysics and Cognitive Science

    • Hugh Clapin
    Pages 169-186

  13. Synthesising Constructivism and Critical Realism: Towards Critical Pluralism

    • John Mingers
    Pages 187-204

  14. Science and the Human: Complementarity as Reconciliation

    • Yoav Ben-Dov
    Pages 205-215

  15. Conditions and Features of Unity Concepts in Science

    • Vladimir Kuznetsov
    Pages 217-228

  16. Beyond ‘Einstein’, ‘Magritte’, and ‘Quine’

    • Philip L. Peterson
    Pages 229-250

  17. Not Even Classical Mechanics is Mechanistic

    • Horst-Heino von Borzeszkowski, Renate Wahsner
    Pages 251-262

  18. The Synergetic World View and Its Synthetic Value

    • Helena Knyazeva
    Pages 263-271

  19. Prospectus for Polyscopic Modeling

    • Dino Karabeg
    Pages 273-294

  20. Polyscopic Study of a Basic Cultural Pattern

    • Dino Karabeg
    Pages 295-316
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This book considers philosophy to be more than mere reflection. Through philosophy, humankind can give meaning to the world. In part, this book re-evaluates the philosophy of Leo Apostel, who dedicated his life to the investigation of the use of philosophy in everyday life. But it is also a presentation of international research carried out along the lines of the worldviews project. The contributions address not only professional philosophers, but also students, teachers, academics and everyone interested in the relationship between philosophy and the world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Brussels Free University, Belgium

    Diederik Aerts

  • VZW Worldviews, Belgium

    Hubert Belle

  • Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

    Jan Veken

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