Background
Munevar, Gonzalo was born on March 4, 1945 in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia. Came to the United States, 1965. Son of Gonzalo and Delia Munevar.
(The main aim of this book is to use a naturalistic, evolu...)
The main aim of this book is to use a naturalistic, evolutionary approach to solve some of the most important problems in philosophy. The first two problems come from the philosophy of science: the problem of rationality of science and the problem of truth in science. In presenting the first problem, the author argues that the views of Kuhn and Feyerabend do create a very serious challenge to traditional epistemology, however, if the assumption of individual rationality is abandoned in favour of the author's social concept of rationality, a committed naturalism can account for science as a rational activity. In tackling the second problem of truth, the author shows that a committed evolutionary philosophy does not support realism but leads instead to a thorough evolutionary relativism of scientific knowledge. It is nevertheless possible to use this evolutionary relativism to construct a theory of relative truth. The issue of whether science discovers truth has also been tied to absolutism, that a well formulated theory of relative truth is likely to bring about a profound transformation of the way we think about the field. The author explores the notion of relative truth in the philosophy of science, ethics and aesthetics.
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(The Master Of Fate is a coming of age novel of a differen...)
The Master Of Fate is a coming of age novel of a different sort. It is not about the building of chacter but about its erosion. It is not about the traumatic experiences that the protagonist must learn from as a part of growing up, but about the accumulation of small events and pressures that result in the unraveling of a life. Oscar grows up in Bogata, Columbia, a youth of intellect and ambition from a middle-class family. But social corruption, most notably the anti-Semitism that even the "best people" accept as a fact of life, and political and economic corruption, shown in part by the portrayal of the machinations in the system of higher education, through their affects on Oscar and his family act to thwart his ambition and turn his intellect in upon itself. Both existential and realistic, The Master of Fate is reminiscent of Sarte's early post-war stories.
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Munevar, Gonzalo was born on March 4, 1945 in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia. Came to the United States, 1965. Son of Gonzalo and Delia Munevar.
Bachelor in Philosophy, California State University, Northridge, 1970. Master of Arts in Philosophy, California State University, Northridge, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1975.
Lecturer San Francisco State University, 1975-1976. From assistant professor to professor philosophy University Nebraska, Omaha, 1976-1989. Professor Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 1989-1997.
Chair humanities and social science, professor Lawrence Technology University, Southfield, Michigan, since 1999. Visiting professor Stanford (California) University, 1983-1984, Consejo Nacional, Madrid, Spain, 1987, Kobe (Japan) Shodai, 1993. Visiting research professor University California, Irvine, 1997-1999.
(The main aim of this book is to use a naturalistic, evolu...)
(The Master Of Fate is a coming of age novel of a differen...)
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Staff sergeant United States Air Force, 1965-1968. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Association, Philosophy Science Association.
1 child, Ryan.