Complexity读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 219页 | 2020 | Transaction Publishers |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 105.00 | 2020-02-20 … | 2020-03-03 … | 33 |
Our world is enormously sophisticated and nature's complexity is literally inexhaustible. As a result, projects to describe and explain natural science can never be completed. This volume explores the nature of complexity and considers its bearing on our world and how we manage our affairs within it.
Rescher's overall lesson is that the management of our affairs within a socially, technologically, and cognitively complex environment is plagued with vast management problems and risks of mishap. In primitive societies, failure to understand how things work can endanger a family or, at worst, a clan or tribe. In the modern world, man-made catastrophes on the model of Chernobyl can endanger millions, possibly even risking the totality of human life on our planet. Rescher explains "technological escalation" as a sort of arms race against nature in which scientific progress requires more powerful technology for observation and experimentation, and, conversely, scientific progress requires the continual enhancement of technology. The increasing complexity of science and technology (and, in consequence, of social systems) along with problems growing faster than solutions confront us with major management and decision problems.
This study is the first of its kind. There have been many specialized studies of complexity in physics and computation theory, but no overall analysis of the phenomenon. Although Rescher offers a sobering outlook, he also believes that complexity entails mixed blessings: our imperfect knowledge provides a rationale for putting forth our best efforts. Rescher urges us to gear the conduct of life's practical affairs to the demands of a complex world. This highly readable and accessible volume will be of interest to those interested in philosophy, the philosophy of science, science policy studies, and future studies.
作者简介尼古拉斯·雷舍尔(Nicholas Rescher，1928～)。美国哲学家，匹兹堡大学哲学系教授、科学哲学中心主席。1951年，他22岁时在普林斯顿获得博士学位，创造了该校哲学系的一项记录。雷舍尔对哲学的许多领域都有很深入的研究，著作颇丰，有上百部作品问世，其中很多被翻译成英语以外的他国文字。他的最新作品包括：《客观性》、《预测未来》以及本书《复杂性》。
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