TSD 8221 - From Certainty to Uncertainty:Dancing with the New Sciences

Institution:

California Institute of Integral Studies

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Description:

This course explores the revolutionary transformations in the Western worldview from the early Middle Ages to the present day-including pre- Renaissance worldviews; the rise of science with Bacon, Descartes, and Newton; the world of chaos theory; and the complementary postmodern vision of literature and society-and introduces the ideas of David Bohm, who believed that underlying the appearances of the world lies a deeper "implicate order." The course also explores the implications for individuals and society of this transformation from "certainty" "uncertainty."

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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