[PDF.62gt] The Wholeness of Nature: Goethe's Way of Science

The Wholeness of Nature: Goethe's Way of Science

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 | #210988 in Books |  1996-10-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.94 x6.18l,1.60 | File type: PDF | 432 pages

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||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| ... thesis may be a bit confused ...|By Ideophile|One possible characterization of Bortoft's thesis is thus: modern science is too object-oriented; Goethe's way is more process-oriented; and the way to a process-oriented perspective is to "read" nature (a so-called hermeneutics of nature). Bortoft spends a significant amount of time making the case for the first point. He then| |'Henri Bortoft is one of the world's foremost experts on Goethean science.' David Lorimer, Scientific & Medical Network 'This is a gem of a book. Bortoft has made Goethe's thinking available in a particularly clear way.' -- David Peat, author of Blackfoot Phys

The scientific work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) represents a style of learning and understanding which is largely ignored today. Modern science tends to break objects down in a purely analytical way; by contrast, Goethe was interested in the 'whole' of a phenomenon, and in particular the relationship between the object and the observer. In this illuminating study, Henri Bortoft examines the phenomenological and cultural roots of Goethe's approach to science...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Wholeness of Nature: Goethe's Way of Science   |  Henri Bortoft. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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