Science and Enlightenment: Two Great Problems of Learning

by Nicholas Maxwell

This book argues that two great problems of learning confront humanity: learning about the nature of the universe and about ourselves and other living things as a part of it; and learning how to become civilized. The author proposes that with the creation of modern science in the 17th century, the first problem was essentially solved. But the second problem has still not been solved today, and that combination of solving the first problem, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030134199
• ISBN13: 9783030134198
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"