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1、CLOSUREWearelost,bothasindividualsandasaculture.Forover2,000yearswehavebelievedinthepossibilityofasingletrueaccountoftheworld.Nowthisage,theageoftruth,iscomingtoaclose.Asaresultthereismuchunease.Inthenewrelative,post-modernera,thereisnouniquehistory,noagreedmoral
2、ity,andnouncontestedknowledge.Intheirplaceamassofalternativeandsometimesincompatibletheories,from‘chaos’and‘string’theoryto‘fuzzylogic’and‘consilience’,proposingatheoryofeverything.Closureisaresponsetothiscrisis:ameanstounderstandourexperienceandourcircumstancesi
3、nanagewithouttruth.Itisaradicallynewstoryaboutthenatureofourselvesandoftheworld.Insteadofseeingtheworldasathing,auniverse,whosetruthswemightuncoverthroughforexampletheproceduresofscience,Closureproposesthatweregardtheworldasopenanditiswewhocloseitthroughourstorie
4、s.Theresultingframeworkofferssolutionstothecentralquestionsofcontemporaryphilosophy:thecharacteroflanguageandmeaning,oftheindividualandconsciousness,oftruthandreality.AsatheoryofknowledgeClosurehasdramaticconsequencesforourunder-standingofthesciences,changingwhat
5、wethinksciencedoesandhowitisabletodoit.Italsoaccountsforwhyweneedanddesirebothartandreligion.Itreshapesourunderstandingofourselvesandtheorganisationofsociety,ourgoalsandourcapacitytoachievethem.Butaboveallitmakessenseofwhereandwhoweare.Asuperbnewaccountofhoworder
6、iscreatedoutofdisorder,Closureisanexhilaratingworkofconceptualgeography.HilaryLawsonisaphilosopher,journalistanddocumentaryfilm-maker.HeistheauthorofReflexivity:thePost-ModernPredicamentandDismantlingTruth:RealityinthePost-ModernWorld.CLOSUREAstoryofeverythingHil
7、aryLawsonLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished2001byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2005
8、.“TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”©2001HilaryLawsonAllrightsres
