Mechanical Philosophy: Reductionism and Foundationalism

Tho, Tzu Chien

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“…Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, we have been conditioned in modernity since the 17th century by a foundationalist worldview [3][4][5][6], sometime called the Newtonian worldview of a determinist physicalist clockwork-universe. The full-pledged expression of foundationalism happened only in the nineteenth century.…”

Section: From the Machine Worldview To The Systems Worldviewmentioning

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Systems-Thinking Framework for Renewables-Powered World

Wang¹,

Shi²

2022

Entropy and Exergy in Renewable Energy

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Humans has experienced energy transitions throughout its history and the current transition from fossil energy to renewable energy is the latest example. But this latest example is different: rather than resulting from scarcity, this energy transition results from the threat of global warming—which is generally attributed to the short-term increasing of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere but also to the long-term heat threat posed by a warming Sun, according to the Gaia theory. Perspective appreciation of the nature of this combination necessitates for us to take a systems-thinking about the Earth system as a whole rather than the standard narrative of technical solution to our problem (of how to convert a small part of the abundant solar energy [including wind energy] into useful energy). Only by framing the energy transition as a part of dealing with the existential threat of global warming as heat threat, we are capturing the right perspective. Rather than any shortfall of energy—increasing carbon dioxide, heat threat, and collapse of Earth’s ecosystems are the real threats. Cognizant of these is the beginning for humans to seize solutions to deal with the threats before it is too late.

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Section: From the Machine Worldview To The Systems Worldviewmentioning

confidence: 99%