Ecology of Knowledge
- Washington Council for Research in Values and Philosophy 2001
- 163p
- Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series 1:Culture and Values; 200100ENGGPS2 .
includes index and biblioraphy
PART I. LOOKING AT KNOWLEDGE DIFFERENTLY Chapter 1. Why Be Concerned about Knowledge 5 Chapter 2. On Knowing Knowledge 11 Chapter 3. Time of Reappraisal 17 Chapter 4. Present Intellectual Situation 21 Chapter 5. Change of the Cultural Paradigm 27 Chapter 6. Knowledge: The Present Predicament and Culture 33 PART II. Knowledge and Culture Chapter 7. Western Culture and Its Sources 39 A. The Greek Heritage B. The Distinction between Theoretical and Practical Knowledge C. The Notion of Objectivity and Subjectivity D. The Hebraic Root of Western Culture Chapter 8. The Rise of Modern Science 49 Chapter 9. Knowledge as an Existential Act 57 A. Knowing and the Knower B. Knowledge, Culture and Nature PART III. Knowledge as One Existential Fact Chapter 10. The Central Problems of Our Time 75 Chapter 11. The Existential System of Humankind 79 Chapter 12. The Knowledge Construct 93 Chapter 13. The Relationship between Knowers 105 and the Knowledge Construct Chapter 14. The Impact of the Knowledge Construct 113 Chapter 15. The Knowledge Construct as an Element of Rational Life 121