A Story of Everything

Hilary Lawson9780203995792, 9780415011389, 0415011388, 0415136504, 9780415136501

Lawson provides a comprehensive look at the history of western thought, the evolution of science and its attempts to provide us with a ”theory of everything” and an evaluation of the relativist multiple truths.

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Table of contents :
BOOK COVER……Page 1
TITLE……Page 4
COPYRIGHT……Page 5
CONTENTS……Page 6
PREFACE……Page 10
PROLOGUE……Page 14
THE HISTORY OF A MISTAKE……Page 15
A WAY FORWARD……Page 38
Part I THE STRUCTURE OF CLOSURE……Page 50
2 SYSTEMS OF CLOSURE……Page 76
3 THE PURPOSE OF CLOSURE……Page 98
Part II LANGUAGE AS CLOSURE……Page 108
4 LANGUAGE AND THE WORLD……Page 111
5 LANGUAGE AND ITSELF……Page 126
6 THE ORGANISATION OF SPACE……Page 138
7 LANGUAGE, TRUTH, AND THE FAILURE OF CLOSURE……Page 149
Part III THE SEARCH FOR CLOSURE……Page 166
8 THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE SEARCH FOR CLOSURE……Page 168
9 THE STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE……Page 182
10 THE CLOSURES OF SCIENCE……Page 193
11 WHAT IS THE WORLD MADE OF?……Page 214
12 STRATEGIES FOR CLOSURE……Page 226
13 THE CLOSURE OF ‘CLOSURE’……Page 236
Part IV THE SEARCH FOR OPENNESS……Page 242
14 THE EDGE OF THE WORLD……Page 250
15 ART AND THE AVOIDANCE OF CLOSURE……Page 254
16 NAMING THE UNNAMEABLE……Page 275
Part V THE POLITICS OF CLOSURE……Page 298
17 THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHARACTER OF PERSONAL SPACE……Page 300
18 STORIES OF DESIRE……Page 307
19 THE FIRST POWER RELATIONSHIP……Page 315
20 SOCIAL POWER RELATIONS……Page 330
21 THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL CONTROL……Page 340
22 THE ORGANISATION OF SOCIETY……Page 354
23 SOCIETY, CHANGE, AND DREAMS OF UTOPIA……Page 369
EPILOGUE……Page 374
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……Page 377
NOTES……Page 379
INDEX……Page 407