CIGR Newsletter No 35
PUBLICATIONS
The Age of Synthesis, A Treatise and Sourcebook
This book from Prof. Carl W. Hall, previously an Officer of ASAE, is directed to those people interested in interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies and work in the professional and applied fields, policy development and education.
The objective is to show the increasing importance of synthesis in philosophical thinking and technological approaches to meet the needs of the 21st Century.
This century is widely recognised as the Age of Analysis. A posteriori evidence is accumulating to demonstrate that the next century will be the Age of Synthesis. Synthesis will supplement analysis as a major thrust in our technological society. Synthesis requires a vision to project into the future, and demands a more holistic approach. Synthesis can help reduce the 'two cultures' syndrome. Both natural and unnatural or human-made systems, involving the arts, sciences, the professions, and the applied fields, are discussed, as well as the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, Kant and many other recognised philosophers.
The book is edited as part of a series of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Studies in Science, Technology and Culture (Vol. 16), by Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. New York. 248 pp, hard cover, 236 x 160 mm.
