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The Knowable and the Unknowable - Modern Science, Nonclassical Thought and the Two Cultures (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,018
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The Knowable and the Unknowable - Modern Science, Nonclassical Thought and the Two Cultures (Paperback): Arkady Plotnitsky

The Knowable and the Unknowable - Modern Science, Nonclassical Thought and the Two Cultures (Paperback)

Arkady Plotnitsky

Series: Studies in Literature & Science

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This book investigates the relationships between modern mathematics and science (in particular, quantum mechanics) and the mode of theorizing that Arkady Plotnitsky defines as "nonclassical" and identifies in the work of Bohr, Heisenberg, Lacan, and Derrida. Plotinsky argues that their scientific and philosophical works radically redefined the nature and scope of our knowledge. Building upon their ideas, the book finds a new, nonclassical character in the "dream of great interconnections" Bohr described, thereby engaging with recent debates about the "two cultures" (the humanities and the sciences).
Plotnitsky highlights those points at which the known gives way to the unknown (and unknowable). These points are significant, he argues, because they push the boundaries of thought and challenge the boundaries of disciplinarity. One of the book's most interesting observations is that key figures in science, in order to push toward a framing of the unknown, actually retreated into a conservative disciplinarity. Plotnitsky's informed, interdisciplinary approach is more productive than the disparaging attacks on postmodernism or scientism that have hitherto characterized this discourse.
Arkady Plotnitsky is Professor of English and Director, Theory and Cultural Studies Program, Purdue University. Trained in both mathematics and literary theory, he is author of several books, including "In the Shadow of Hegel: Complementarity, History and the Unconscious" and "Reconfigurations: Critical Theory and General Economy."

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Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Studies in Literature & Science
Release date: March 2002
First published: March 2002
Authors: Arkady Plotnitsky
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06797-8
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
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LSN: 0-472-06797-4
Barcode: 9780472067978

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