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Lawson's radical new study about the nature of ourselves and the world challenges the dominant faith of today - science. Drawing on practical examples of closure, it exposes the central questions of contemporary philosophy.

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'Hilary Lawson shows himself to be a latter-day 'metaphysician' on the grand scale ... a quite astonishing achievement.' - Alan Montefiore, University of Oxford



Table of Contents
The Preface The Prologue 1. The Structure of Closure 2. Language as Closure 3. The Search for Closure: Science, Logic and Mathematics 4. The Search for Openness: Art, Religion and the Unknown 5. The Politics of Closure The Epilogue

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 7/16/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780415136501, 978-0415136501
      ISBN10: 0415136504
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      Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lawson's radical new study about the nature of ourselves and the world challenges the dominant faith of today - science. Drawing on practical examples of closure, it exposes the central questions of contemporary philosophy.

      Trade Review

      'Hilary Lawson shows himself to be a latter-day 'metaphysician' on the grand scale ... a quite astonishing achievement.' - Alan Montefiore, University of Oxford



      Table of Contents
      The Preface The Prologue 1. The Structure of Closure 2. Language as Closure 3. The Search for Closure: Science, Logic and Mathematics 4. The Search for Openness: Art, Religion and the Unknown 5. The Politics of Closure The Epilogue

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