Science, Order and Creativity Second EditionRoutledge, 25.02.2014 - 328 Seiten In Science, Order and Creativity, David Bohm and F. David Peat argue that science has lost its way in recent years and needs to go beyond a narrow and fragmented view of nature and embrace a wider holistic view that restores the importance of creativity and communication for all humanity - not just scientists. The result of a close collaboration by one of the 20th century's greatest physicists and thinkers, David Bohm, with leading science writer F. David Peat, provides a rare combination of profound reflection and clear exposition that can be appreciated by anyone concerned with science and its importance in our lives. This new edition includes a new preface and an extended additional chapter by Peat which draws upon further discussions with David Bohm before the latter's death in 1992. A fascinating diagnosis and considered proposal for a cure for science's ills, it is also very accessible entry point to the work of David Bohm. Bohm and Peat contend that science has lost its bearings in the last century in favour of a narrow, abstracted, fragmented approach to nature and reality. Tracing the history of science, Bohm and Peat offer intriguing new insights into how scientific theories come into being, how to eliminate blocks of creativity and how science can lead to a deeper understanding of society, the human condition and the human mind itself. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
1 Revolutions Theories and Creativity in Science | 15 |
2 Science as Creative PerceptionCommunication | 63 |
3 What Is Order? | 104 |
4 The Generative Order and the Implicate Order | 151 |
5 Generative Order in Science Society and Consciousness | 192 |
6 Creativity in the Whole of Life | 229 |
7 The Order Between and Beyond | 272 |
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