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Page 58
In the anti-historic utilitarian order through which the mechanical world picture
became validated, what was left of subjective experience was either
impoverished or deformed by loss of contact with man's past, and by lack of
prudent forethought for his future. Under the new scientific dispensation it was the
organic world, not least man himself, that demanded redemption. All living forms
must be brought into harmony with the mechanical world picture by being melted
down, so to say, ...
In the anti-historic utilitarian order through which the mechanical world picture
became validated, what was left of subjective experience was either
impoverished or deformed by loss of contact with man's past, and by lack of
prudent forethought for his future. Under the new scientific dispensation it was the
organic world, not least man himself, that demanded redemption. All living forms
must be brought into harmony with the mechanical world picture by being melted
down, so to say, ...
Page 66
As this system of thought spread into every department, the autonomous worker,
even in his most reduced mechanical aspect, would be progressively excluded
from the mechanism of production. Finally, should these postulates remain
unchallenged and the institutional procedures remain unchanged, man himself
will be cut off from any meaningful relationship with any part of the natural
environment or his own historical milieu. Those who created the mechanical
world picture ...
As this system of thought spread into every department, the autonomous worker,
even in his most reduced mechanical aspect, would be progressively excluded
from the mechanism of production. Finally, should these postulates remain
unchallenged and the institutional procedures remain unchanged, man himself
will be cut off from any meaningful relationship with any part of the natural
environment or his own historical milieu. Those who created the mechanical
world picture ...
Page 67
Lewis Mumford. new method was self-validating. It was only when it concentrated
on quantity to the exclusion of quality, and upon piecemeal knowledge to the
exclusion of form, pattern, functional organization, design, that the weakness of
the original emphasis on so-called primary qualities would become a handicap.
Those who developed the mechanical world picture further ignored Leibnitz's
salient distinction between accurate knowledge and adequate knowledge, and
were too ...
Lewis Mumford. new method was self-validating. It was only when it concentrated
on quantity to the exclusion of quality, and upon piecemeal knowledge to the
exclusion of form, pattern, functional organization, design, that the weakness of
the original emphasis on so-called primary qualities would become a handicap.
Those who developed the mechanical world picture further ignored Leibnitz's
salient distinction between accurate knowledge and adequate knowledge, and
were too ...
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Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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