THE THIRD CULTURE AND THE PROBLEM OF THE HUMAN
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https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v16i2.89Keywords:
humanism, philosophy, John BrockmanAbstract
This article explores the implications of a particular view of neo-humanism, as represented by John Brockman in his two books The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution and The New Humanists: Science at the Edge, and calls for greater care by Brockman in utilizing the concept. This article argues against the idea that the “new” humanists, as Brockman implies, are primarily found within the domain of empirical minded thinkers in the natural and life sciences.
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2013-10-09
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Carbonell, C. D. (2013). THE THIRD CULTURE AND THE PROBLEM OF THE HUMAN. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 16(2), 89-100. https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v16i2.89
