Modern Science and the Capriciousness of Nature

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. The Capriciousness of Nature

   • Karl Rogers

   Pages 1-32

3. The Metaphysics of Modern Science

   • Karl Rogers

   Pages 33-66

4. The Technological Society

   • Karl Rogers

   Pages 67-104

5. The Confrontation with Nature

   • Karl Rogers

   Pages 105-138

6. Labour and the Lifeworld

   • Karl Rogers

   Pages 139-174

7. Into the Future

   • Karl Rogers

   Pages 175-210

8. Back Matter

   Pages 211-241

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This book questions the way that modern science and technology are considered able to liberate society from the erratic forces of nature. Modern science is implicated in a gamble on a technological society that will replace the natural world with a 'better' one. The author questions the rationality of this gamble and its implications for our lives.

• future
• metaphysics
• nature
• physics
• rationality
• science
• society

KARL ROGERS studied Physics and Philosophy at Lancaster University, UK. He received his PhD in the Philosophy of Science from the University of Bath, UK. He is a Research Fellow in Science Studies at Bath University and is the Co-founder of the John Dewey Center for Democracy and Education, Minneapolis.

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