The Modern Mind: Evolution of the Western worldview

Wall, Kevin

ISBN 10: 1893426092 / ISBN 13: 9781893426092

Published by Solas Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Modern Mind: Evolution of the Western worldview
• Publisher: Solas Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1893426092
• ISBN 13: 9781893426092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the twenty-first century the wonders of science show its magnificent potential for good. The scientific successes we enjoy are rooted in the modern way of thinking about physics. But success has fostered a myth that the dialectic of physics should be used in other areas. In the opening paragraph the author proclaims-and indeed others agree-a crisis has been reached in our evolving Western worldview. In this work Kevin Wall illuminates this development in the light of philosophy, theology, science, art, and with reference to Greek and Scholastic minds--showing the real-world implications of Western speculative thought

About the Authors

Kevin Wall O.P. earned degrees from the Angelicum in Rome and from The University of Fribourg where he studied Hegelian thought under the renowned Polish logician Joseph Bochenski. He died unexpectedly in 1988. He was a revered teacher who could illuminate philosophical ideas for the critical minds of his students from his encyclopedic reach into philosophy, science, theology, and art. Much of his estate was organized in notebooks, three-ring binders, and computer floppy disks. In the collection, his incomplete manuscript on the modern mind with its clearly prophetic observations was of great interest. It was evident that he had labored for several years on Western thinking and the dialectical science that has dominated it. He says, "The prime speculative error of the modern mind was to regard dialectical science as potential to nothing higher."

He founded Solas Press in 1999, an independent publisher of non-fiction. It has brought to the public eye critical works of enduring value and contributions to contemporary thought.