Philosophy of Prediction and Capitalism
There is little more than a decade left before the bells allover the world will be ringing in the first hour of the twenty-first century, which will surely be an era of highly advanced technology. Looking back on the century that we live in, one can realize that generations of people who have alread...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Series: | Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I The Three Characters of Absolute Time
- a) The Coincidence of Meaning and Phase
- b) The Distinction between Becoming and What Comes-To-Be
- c) The Phenomenon of Transition
- II The Impulsion of Life
- a) Ultimate Foundations of Organic and Inorganic Matter
- b) Impulsion and Phantasy
- c) The Factors of Reality and Ideality
- III Mind and the Genesis of Human Ideas
- a) Two Examples for the Genesis of Ideas in Greek Philosophy
- b) Contemporary Conception of Ideas: The Essence of Pragmatism
- c) The Essence of Pragmatic Truth: Functionalization
- d) Idea as “Sketch”: Introductory Comment
- IV The Unfinished Idea of Man
- a) Man’s Self-Understanding as Sketch
- b) Capitalism and the Concept of an Entity
- c) Variations of the Functional Appearance of Entities and the Role of the Sketch
- d) A Second Look at the Idea as Sketch and the Essence of Capitalism and Economics
- Notes