An interesting work on the history of science was presented by the British philosopher A. Rather, it is about a popular scholarly presentation of the current state and evolution of knowledge in different fields of research. The limits of our knowledge are mentioned again and again, but they do not seem to be the focus of the author’s remarks. The question formulated in the subheading – What do we know about what we don’t know? So only partially answered.
The book consists of three parts, the content of which varies greatly. In the introduction, Grayling asserts that this is a book for the interested layman and that readers who already have the knowledge should skip the relevant parts.
The first part is devoted to nearly 140 pages of the natural sciences with questions about technology before the natural sciences, the emergence of the natural sciences and our view of the world based on it. The second part describes the beginnings of history and the development of modern humans in about 120 pages, while the third part summarizes the functions of the brain and mind from the perspective of brain research and psychology in about 100 pages. Of course, such a brief description can only be a rough outline of the field of research in question. More information can be found in the appendix: comprehensive bibliography, notes, and index.
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