Author: Zbigniew Rau
Publisher: University Press of America
Keywords: holism, versus, contractarianism
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1995-06-27
List price: $42.50
ISBN-10: 0819199303
ISBN-13: 9780819199300

John Locke’s political thought, as stated in his "Two Treatises of Government" is comprehensively reinterpreted in this concise work. Rau intentionally avoids a conventional analysis of the historical background and the internal disputes of Locke scholarship. Instead, his analysis is deeply rooted in the classical liberal tradition and casts the enterprise in the theoretically significant terms of 20th century political and ideological dilemmas. Attempting to recast contemporary understanding of Locke’s political doctrine, the book examines its conceptual dimension in relation to t

Author: Michael C. Jackso
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: managers, holism, creative, thinking, systems
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2003-11-14
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0470845228
ISBN-13: 9780470845226

Too often, today’s managers are sold simple solutions to complex problems. But as many soon discover, simplicity is rarely effective in the face of complexity, change and diversity. Despite apparent promise, quick-fix panaceas fail because they are not holistic or creative enough. They focus on parts of the organization rather than the whole, take little account of interaction, and pander to the notion that there is one best solution in all circumstances. As instances of such failure escalate, intelligent managers are increasingly seeking to improve results through Systems Thinking. Whateve

Authors:Jerry Fodor, Ernest Lepore,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: guide, shopper, holism
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1992-04-15
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 0631181938
ISBN-13: 9780631181934

The main question addressed in this book is whether individuation of the contents of thoughts and linguistic expressions is inherently holistic. The authors consider arguments that are alleged to show that the meaning of a scientific hypothesis depends on the entire theory that entails it, or that the content of a concept depends on the entire belief system of which it is part. If these arguments are sound then it would follow that the meanings of words, sentences, hypotheses, predictions, discourses, dialogs, texts, thoughts and the like are merely derivative. The implications of holism ab

Authors:Claudio Pellegrini, Paola Cerrai, Paolo Freguglia, Vi
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: complexity, holism, determinism
Number of Pages: 414
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $239.00
ISBN-10: 0306474727
ISBN-13: 9780306474729

This volume is the proceedings of a workshop to discuss the recent work on complex systems in physics and biology, its epistemological and cultural implications, and its effect for the development of these two sciences. The workshop is geared towards physicists, biologists, and science historians.

Author: Michael Esfeld
Publisher: Kluwer
Keywords: philosophy, library, volume, synthese, physics, mind, holism
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2001-12-31
List price: $172.00
ISBN-10: 0792370031
ISBN-13: 9780792370031

A comparison between holism in the philosophy of mind and language and social holism, on the one hand, with holism about space-time and quantum physics on the other. The main claim is that holism in the humanities and holism in fundamental physics fall under the same substantial, general conception of holism. Arguments to the effect that the holism of the mental is unscientific, or that the mental is separated from the physical owing to holism are thus found to be unsound. The holism of the mental fits into a world-view based on scientific realism. All those who care about our view of