The Tanner Lectures on Human Values V: Volume 5 - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521176468 ISBN 13: 9780521176460

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

A prestigious series of lectures that are international and intercultural, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, and ideological distinctions.

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Descrizione del libro

Established to reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values, the Tanner Lectures are given annually at various universities around the world. Volume V views the self from five varied perspectives - from the exploration of the intimate creative self to the preparation of the individual for citizenship through scientific training.

Contenuti

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values; The trustees; The advisory commission; Preface to Volume V; 1. A writer from Mexico Carlos Fuentes; 2. Only an illusion Ilya Prigogine; 3. The incompleat egoist David Gauthier; 4. Scientific literacy as a goal in a high-technology society Herbert A. Simon; 5. Haydn and eighteenth-century patronage in Austria and Hungary H. C. Robbins Landon; The Tanner Lecturers; General indices.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521176468
• ISBN 13: 9780521176460
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 236
• Redattore: McMurrin Sterling
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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