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Gleiser, Marcelo.
Science -- Philosophy.
Meaning (Philosophy)
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The Island of Knowledge : the limits of science and the search for meaning / Marcelo Gleiser.
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Gleiser, Marcelo.
Basic Books, [2014]
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501
G557i
Subjects
Science -- Philosophy.
Meaning (Philosophy)
ISBN:
9780465031719 (hc.)
0465031714 (hc.)
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xxiv, 335 p. ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-318) and index.
Summary:
"Do all questions have answers? How much can we know about the world? Is there such a thing as an ultimate truth? To be human is to want to know, to understand our origins and the meaning of our lives. In The Island of Knowledge, physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence, the origin of the universe, the nature of reality, and the limits of knowledge. In so doing, he reaches a provocative conclusion: science, the main tool we use to find answers, is fundamentally limited. As science and its philosophical interpretations advance, we are often faced with the unsettling recognition of how much we don't know. Limits to our knowledge of the world arise both from our tools of exploration and from the nature of physical reality: the speed of light, the uncertainty principle, the second law of thermodynamics, the incompleteness theorem, and our own limitations as an intelligent species. Our view of physical reality depends fundamentally on who we are and on how we interact with the cosmos"--From publisher.
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