The Myth of the Machine, Volume 2Shows that man himself has from the beginning been and still is the central fact of human life today. |
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Page 58
... ' physical ' properties of natural phenomena , as Kepler himself was quick to perceive when he meditated on the complex geometry of a snowflake and observed that a similar order , as if mind were at work , 58 THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE.
... ' physical ' properties of natural phenomena , as Kepler himself was quick to perceive when he meditated on the complex geometry of a snowflake and observed that a similar order , as if mind were at work , 58 THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE.
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... world picture he constructed . As this system of thought spread into every department , the autonomous worker , even in his most reduced mechanical aspect , would be progressively ex- cluded from the mechanism of production . Finally ...
... world picture he constructed . As this system of thought spread into every department , the autonomous worker , even in his most reduced mechanical aspect , would be progressively ex- cluded from the mechanism of production . Finally ...
Page 67
... mechanical world picture further ignored Leibnitz's salient distinction between accurate knowledge and adequate knowledge , and were too easily content with accuracy , even if at the cost of leaving out or even denying the existence of ...
... mechanical world picture further ignored Leibnitz's salient distinction between accurate knowledge and adequate knowledge , and were too easily content with accuracy , even if at the cost of leaving out or even denying the existence of ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
Copyright | |
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abstract accepted achieved activities actually already ancient authority automatic automation became become beginning brought century civilization collective communication complex continued culture demands Descartes destruction direct economy effect effort energy environment equally established existence experience exploration fact final forces functions further future give human idea improvements increase industrial institutions intelligence invention knowledge later least less limited living machine man's mass material means mechanical megamachine megatechnics merely method military mind mode moral nature necessary never objective observed once operation organic original past perhaps physical possible power system practical present production progress proved reality remained result scientific scientists seemed sense single social society space subjective success sufficient symbolic taken technical thought tion turn ultimate United universal whole world picture York