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The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox

 
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Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox  
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Country United States
Language English
Subject(s) Science
Genre(s) Non-fiction
Publisher Harmony Books
Publication date 2003
ISBN 978-0-609-60140-2
OCLC Number 298587266
Dewey Decimal 303.48/3 21
LC Classification Q175.55 .G68 2003

The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox is Stephen Jay Gould's posthumous volume exploring the historical conflict and division between the sciences and the humanities.

Contents

  • A Note to the Reader
  • Preface
    1. The Right and Rights of a separating Spring
      1. Newton's Light
      2. Scientific "World-Making" and Critical Braking
      3. So Noble an Hecatombe: The Weight of Humanism
      4. The Mandate of Magister Medice: The Threat of Suppress
    2. From Paradoxical Ages of Bacon to Swift Sweetness and Light
      1. The Dynasty of Dichotomy
      2. Reintegration in Triumphant Maturity
      3. Sweetness in Light Tough and Healing Truth
    3. A Saga of Pluribus and Unum: The Power and Meaning of True Consilience
      1. The Fusions of Unum and the Benefits of Pluribus
      2. The False Path of Reductionism and the Consilience of Equal Regard
  • Epilogue: A Closing Tale of Edition to Adagia by Erasure of Erasmus
  • Index

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