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The Natural Contract and Archimedean Worldview ix Contents Prefa -ce: Postmodern Philosophy xi a -cknowledgments xxv 1. Na -ture Ca -lls: Scientific Worldviews and the Sokal Hoax 1 2. The na -tura -l Contra -ct and the a -rchimedea -n Worldview 23 3. Semi-Free: Thermodynamics, Probability, and the New Worldview 39 4. Burning Ma -n: The Influence of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and the Science of Flow 59 5. Philosophy’s Extra --Scientific Messa -ges 91 6. Love’s Ontology: Ethics Beyond the Limits of Classical Science 125 Notes 157 Bibliogra -phy 199 index 209 This page intentionally left blank ...

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