Science And Beyond
Toward Greater Sanity through Science, Philosophy, Art, and Spirituality
The New Book By Author Rolf Sattler
About The Book
|
Since our lives are deeply enmeshed with science and technology, for the sake of our sanity, health, and wellbeing, the author explains that:
Three appendices elaborate on:
|
Watch The Teaser Trailer:
Table Of Contents
|
ix Preface
xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Power of Science and Its Limitations 4 Chapter 2: Uncertainty and Beyond 10 Chapter 3: Replicability and Uniqueness 15 Chapter 4: Objectivity and Subjectivity 21 Chapter 5: Logic and the Indescribable 29 Chapter 6: Language and the Unnamable 38 Chapter 7: Empiricism and Just Sensing 48 Chapter 8: Mechanistic Materialist Science, Holistic Science, and Beyond 59 Chapter 9: Science, Society, and Culture 73 Chapter 10: Science and the Arts 77 Chapter 11: Science and Spirituality 84 Conclusions 89 Appendix 1: From Plant Morphology to Infinite Issues 96 Appendix 2: Health and Sanity of Body, Speech, and Mind 110 Appendix 3: The Human Condition and Its Transcendence 134 References 150 About the Author 152 Index |
“Rolf Sattler’s book Science and Beyond will be inspiring reading for all serious human beings concerned about the meaning of their existence, the welfare of humanity and the preservation of life on the planet Earth. For many human beings science itself has become a sort of dogmatic religion with an attitude that extra scientia nulla veritas, thus reducing the grandeur of Truth which according to the great sages is intimately intertwined with Love and Beauty. Scienti c research is important and necessary but it has its limitations. A connection with other levels of Reality is necessary for nourishing
the human spirit as is rigorously pointed out in this book.”
— Ravi Ravindra, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Philosophy, and
Comparative Religion at Dalhousie University, and author of many
books, including “Science and Spirit” and “Science and the Sacred.”
the human spirit as is rigorously pointed out in this book.”
— Ravi Ravindra, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Philosophy, and
Comparative Religion at Dalhousie University, and author of many
books, including “Science and Spirit” and “Science and the Sacred.”
“Science and Beyond is a powerful claim for integrating the limitations of science in our overall perception of reality, for recovering the fullness of life experience from the abstraction of scientic modelling, the unnamable from the named, wisdom and sanity from the infatuation with
technological power. Such a return to balance and wholeness is crucially important not just for the survival and well-being of the human species, but also for the blossoming of
life in all its forms.”
– Shantena Augusto Sabbadini, author of “Tao Te Ching: A Guide
to the Interpretation of the Foundational Book of Taoism” and
“Pilgrimages to Emptiness: Rethinking Reality
through Quantum Physics”
technological power. Such a return to balance and wholeness is crucially important not just for the survival and well-being of the human species, but also for the blossoming of
life in all its forms.”
– Shantena Augusto Sabbadini, author of “Tao Te Ching: A Guide
to the Interpretation of the Foundational Book of Taoism” and
“Pilgrimages to Emptiness: Rethinking Reality
through Quantum Physics”
"Focusing on rampant misconceptions about science, researcher and teacher Rolf Sattler’s Science and Beyond concerns the limitations of the discipline, as well as the dangers posed by unbalanced technological power...Gesturing to values like spirituality, wisdom, and love, the book’s arguments in their favor are clear, pointed, and logical, as is its warning that failure to recognize the limitations of science will lead to global catastrophe. Using what it calls the “widespread virus mania” around Covid-19 as a practical example, the book argues that distorted views of science have resulted in unnecessary deaths, economic disasters, and the loss of civil liberties.”
– Foreward Clarion Book Review
– Foreward Clarion Book Review
"Sattler proposes a more holistic and spiritual view of the universe that transcends not only the categories of science, but also duality as well as the experience of space and time. In this ambitious and timely book, the author furnishes thoughtful objections to the current hegemony of the scientific worldview, offering many rich and captivating details.”
– Kirkus Review
– Kirkus Review
About The Author
Rolf Sattler, PhD, DSc (h. c.), FLS, FRSC, is Professor Emeritus of McGill University in Montreal, where he carried out research in plant morphology on the development and evolution of plant form. He published nearly a hundred research papers and several books, including the triple award- winning Organogenesis of Flowers and Biophilosophy. Consequently, he received many awards and honours. At McGill University he taught courses in plant biology, general biology, the philosophy and history of biology, biology and the human condition. In addition, he lectured at many institutions and universities around the world, including Harvard University and the Universities of California, Berlin, Zurich, Delhi, Malaya, and Singapore. And he was a speaker at many national and international conferences and congresses. For the Dalai Lama’s 60th Birthday Celebrations he gave a talk on Life Sciences and Spirituality.
