Armageddon Or Evolution?: The Scientific Method and Escalating World ProblemsWe are currently experiencing a wide range of evolving problems that threaten us with extinction. However, Phillips argues that we have the capacity-with the aid of a broad approach to the scientific method that builds on Mills's concept of "the sociological imagination"-to confront these problems ever more effectively. This book develops and builds upon new methods for addressing such social problems as global warming, terrorism, growing inequalities, and others. Phillips reveals procedures for achieving conscious evolution by uncovering fundamental assumptions and their contradictions and by moving toward alternative assumptions that promise to resolve these contradictions. |
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... phenomena coupled with our extremely limited understanding of human behavior as illustrating what Pope called " a little learning . " Human phenomena are far more complex than physical and even biological phenomena . We can thus ...
... phenomena coupled with our extremely limited understanding of human behavior as illustrating what Pope called " a little learning . " Human phenomena are far more complex than physical and even biological phenomena . We can thus ...
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... phenomena , is much like the Web's point ( 3 ) , with its focus on moving very far down language's ladder of ... phenomena , such as organisms by contrast with inanimate matter , are more interactive than other phenomena . For example ...
... phenomena , is much like the Web's point ( 3 ) , with its focus on moving very far down language's ladder of ... phenomena , such as organisms by contrast with inanimate matter , are more interactive than other phenomena . For example ...
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... phenomena . We must include all of these phenomena if indeed we wish to change our worldview and , as a result , learn to make progress on the fundamental problems that threaten contemporary society . In particu- lar , our emotions are ...
... phenomena . We must include all of these phenomena if indeed we wish to change our worldview and , as a result , learn to make progress on the fundamental problems that threaten contemporary society . In particu- lar , our emotions are ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Physical and Biological Structures | 23 |
Personality Structures | 57 |
Copyright | |
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