Science in Culture: Translated from the Polish by Hugh McDonald

by Piotr Jaroszyński

This book tries to uncover science's discoverer and explain why the conception of science has been changing during the centuries, and why science can be beneficial and dangerous for humanity. Far from being hermetic, this research can be interesting for all who want to understand deeper what really conditions the place of science in culture. Contents List of Illustrations Foreword by Mieczyslaw Albert Krapiec Preface by Tadeusz Kwiatkowski Introduction Acknowledgements Part The Rise of Theoretical Knowledge One. The Discovery of Greece or the East? Two. Why the Greeks? Three. Bios Theoretikos Four. Philosophy's Rise from Sensations to Wisdom Five. Knowledge and Opinion Six. Theoretical Features of the Object of Scientific Cognition Seven. Theoretical Justification Eight. Theoretical Proof Nine. Types of Science Part The Hellenistic Deformation of Theoretical Knowledge Ten. Knowledge or Philosophy of the Sake of Praxis 1.Stoic Modification to Philosophy 2. The Stoic Understanding of Philosophy 3. The Divisions of Philosophy 4. The Leading Ethics or Physics? 5. Logic as a Science 6. Consequences of the Stoic Understanding of Philosophy Eleven. An End Beyond Knowledge 1. From Philosophy to Mysticism in Plotinus 2. Theurgy in Place of Philosophy (Iamblichus) Part Philosophy and Theology in Relation to Revelation Twelve. Aversion to Pagan Authority Thirteen. Handmaiden to Theology Fourteen. Sacred Scripture and the Problem of The Sentences Fifteen. Metaphysics and Natural Theology Sixteen. Philosophy in the Service of Theology Part Toward Technology and Ideology Seventeen. The Problem of the Continuity of Science in the Middle Ages Eighteen. The Problem of Experimental Science in the Middle Ages Utility Experiment Inventions Nineteen. The Mathematization of Scientific Knowledge Twenty. The Influence of Nominalism Part Science as Technology Twenty-One. The Quest for an Earthly Paradi

350 pages, Paperback

First published November 17, 2006

About the author

Piotr Jaroszyński earned his M.A. in Philosophy in 1979, and his PhD in Philosophy in 1983, both from the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His doctoral dissertation was titled "Metaphysics of Beauty: An Attempt to Reconstruct the Classical Conception of Beauty".

In 1983-1984, he continued his research and studies at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies (Toronto), working with such prominent figures as Joseph. Owens, Edward. Synan, Armand A. Maurer.

Dr. Jaroszyński holds the Chair of the Philosophy of Culture at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. He works within the framework of classical philosophy.

For his textbook Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life he received the personal thanks of Pope John Paul II.