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Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment

Passions of the Skies

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Editors:
  1. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

    1. Hanover, NH, USA

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  2. Attila Grandpierre

    1. Konkoly Observatory of the Hung. Ac. of, Zebegeny, Hungary

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  • Brings the sciences and metaphysics together
  • Ontopoiesis of life reveals the geo-cosmic positioning of man in the universe.
  • Ground is laid for a 21st Century breakthrough by which the sciences and philosophy can present a more complete picture of the universe.
  • Passions of the skies prompting civilization and science.
  • Cosmos as natural home of the human being.

Part of the book series: Analecta Husserliana (ANHU, volume 107)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE , PHILOSOPHY FLOURISHING IN THE NEW ENLIGHTENMENT

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The New Enlightenment: Cosmo-Transcendental Positioning of the Living Being in the Universe

      • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
      Pages 3-17

    3. On the First Principle of Biology and the Foundation of the Universal Science

      • Attila Grandpierre
      Pages 19-36

    4. The Relation Between Man and World

      • Hans Köchler
      Pages 37-46

    5. Observers, Freedom, and the Cosmos

      • Subhash Kak
      Pages 47-60

    6. The Enchanting Heavens

      • Frances Clynes
      Pages 61-67

    7. The Science Of Wholeness

      • Menas Kafatos
      Pages 69-80

  4. ASTRONOMY IN THE ORIGINS OF CULTURE

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Cultural Impacts Of Astronomy

      • Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
      Pages 123-128

    3. Triadic Insights in Astronomy, Art and Music

      • Norman D. Cook
      Pages 129-135

    4. The Social And Spiritual Impact Of Sky Lore On Prehistoric Societies In Europe

      • Emília Pásztor
      Pages 137-143

    5. Impact Of Astronomy In Nepalese Civilization

      • Suresh Bhattarai
      Pages 145-149

    6. Impact of Stars on Human Culture

      • Varadaraja Venkata Raman
      Pages 151-165
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About this book

This volume represents the first which interfaces with astronomy as the fulcrum of the sciences. It gives full expression to the human passion for the skies. Advancing human civilization has unfolded and matured this passion into the comprehensive science of astronomy. Advancing science’s quest for the first principles of existence meets the ontopoietic generative logos of life, the focal point of the New Enlightenment. It presents numerous perspectives illustrating how the interplay between human beings and the celestial realm has informed civilizational trends. Scholars and philosophers debate in physics and biology, the findings of which are opening a more inclusive, wider picture of the universe. The different models of the universal order and of life here presented, all aiming at the first principles of existence—accord with the phenomenology/ontopoiesis of life within the logos-prompted primogenital stream of becoming and action, which points to a future of progressing culture.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hanover, NH, USA

    Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

  • Konkoly Observatory of the Hung. Ac. of, Zebegeny, Hungary

    Attila Grandpierre

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment

  • Book Subtitle: Passions of the Skies

  • Editors: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Attila Grandpierre

  • Series Title: Analecta Husserliana

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9748-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Netherlands 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9747-7Published: 30 November 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3431-9Published: 02 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9748-4Published: 18 November 2010

  • Series ISSN: 0167-7276

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8330

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 315

  • Topics: Phenomenology

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