| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
354 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 335-342. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: the new calendar -- pt. 1. Outline of a system: The Holarchy -- Beyond eros and thanatos -- The three dimensions of emotion -- Ad majorem gloriam... -- An alternative to despair -- pt. 2. The creative mind: Humour and wit -- The art of discovery -- The discoveries of art -- pt. 3. Creative evolution: Crumbling citadels -- Lamarck revisited -- Strategies and purpose in evolution -- pt. 4. New horizons: Free will in a heirarchic context -- Physics and metaphysics -- A glance through the keyhole -- Beyond atomism and holism- the concept of the holon -- An experiment in perception -- Notes on the autonomic nervous system -- UFOs: a festival of absurdity. |
| Subject |
Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983. Janus. 1st American ed. New York : Random House, c1978 (OCoLC)610034780 |
| ISBN |
0394500520 : $10.00 |
|
9780394500522 |
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