Philosophy in Reality: A New Book of Changes (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 60)

__Philosophy in Reality__ offers a new vision of the relation between science and philosophy in the framework of a non-propositional logic of real processes, grounded in the physics of the real world. This logical system is based on the work of the Franco-Romanian thinker Stéphane Lupasco (1900-1988), previously presented by Joseph Brenner in the book __Logic in Reality__ (Springer, 2008)__.__ The present book was inspired in part by the ancient Chinese __Book of Changes (I Ching__) and its scientific-philosophical discussion of change. The emphasis in __Philosophy in Reality__ is on the recovery of dialectics and semantics from reductionist applications and their incorporation into a new synthetic paradigm for knowledge. Through an original re-interpretation of both classical and modern Western thought, this book addresses philosophical issues in scientific fields as well as long-standing conceptual problems such as the origin, nature and role of meaning, the unity of knowledge and the origin of morality. In a rigorous transdisciplinary manner, it discusses foundational and current issues in the physical sciences - mathematics, information, communication and systems theory and their implications for philosophy. The same framework is applied to problems of the origins of society, the transformation of reality by human subjects, and the emergence of a global, sustainable information society. In summary, __Philosophy in Reality__ provides a wealth of new perspectives and references, supporting research by both philosophers and physical and social scientists concerned with the many facets of reality. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 3-17 Change in Reality: The I Ching (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 19-37 Logic in Reality (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 39-74 Change and Logic (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 75-91 Dialectics in Reality (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 93-113 Physics: External Reality—Time, Space and the Observer (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 115-145 Mathematics in Reality (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 147-167 Chemistry: Modeling Activation and Transition (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 169-183 Front Matter ....Pages 185-185 Semiotics and Semiosis: The Units and Dialectics of Meaning (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 187-208 Three Major Domains in Philosophy: Metaphysics, Metaphilosophy and Phenomenology (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 209-241 Information; Convergence of Science and Philosophy (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 243-266 Communication (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 267-295 Natural Philosophy (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 297-317 Anti-philosophy (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 319-334 Philosophy in Reality as Process (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 335-370 Front Matter ....Pages 371-371 Structures and Complex Systems (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 373-422 Living Systems: The Epistemic Relation to Reality (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 423-446 Social Systems: Transformation of External Reality by Communicating, Reflexive Subjects (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 447-468 Social Systems: The Global Sustainable Information Society. Ecology (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 469-494 Summary and Conclusions: Is This a New Book of Changes? (Joseph E. Brenner, Abir U. Igamberdiev)....Pages 495-502 Back Matter ....Pages 503-516