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1 online resource (139 pages) : color illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Vision of a sustainable society -- 2. Science versus obscurantism: ... and understand we must -- 3. Religion: a central impediment to evidence-based undersanding -- 4. Overpopulation: "There needs to be fewer of us. Dramatically fewer" -- 5. Reinventing democracy in times of social media -- 6. Education: is education for sustainability evidence-based? -- 7. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Education for a viable future has never been more important than in our era of climate change, fake news, self-illusions, and political upheaval. Whether humanity will have a dignified future hangs in the balance. The urgency of finding sound solutions to a number of complex problems is obvious. We can't really allow ourselves to get it wrong, but the temptation to fall for easy, convenient answers is considerable. This book focuses on emerging insights from various fields which allow us to collectively build evidence-based and wise solutions. This requires us to clarify how to arrive at a sou. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainability -- Philosophy.
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Sustainability. |
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Philosophy. |
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Reality.
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Reality. |
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Complexity (Philosophy) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Jucker, Rolf, 1963- Can we cope with the complexity of reality? Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020 1527548511 (OCoLC)1145432473 |
| ISBN |
9781527549494 (electronic book) |
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1527549496 (electronic book) |
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9781527548510 (hardcover) |
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1527548511 (hardcover) |
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