The Age of the World Picture
The document discusses the essence of modern science, the transformation of the world into a picture, the subjectivity of man as a subject, and the interplay between subjectivism and objectivism.
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For the most part, we no longer believe that things in themselves possess the transcendent. Rather, through the addition of natural science and technological advancements (and other philosophical perspectives), we see things as the sum of their parts.
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The system within - Club of Rome
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