The Idea of Progress

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Progress: Fact and Fiction / Wright, Georg Henrik von -- Impact and Limits of the Idea of Progress in Antiquity / Burkert, Walter -- Philosophical Commitments and Scientific Progress / Crombie, A.C. -- The Chinese "Cyclic" View of History vs. Japanese "Progress" / Nakayama, Shigeru -- Political Progress: Reality or Illusion? / Blondel, Jean -- Progress and the Future / Rescher, Nicholas -- Progress and Development in Music History / Flotzinger, Rudolf -- Progress in Philosophy / Prawitz, Dag -- Time in the Universe / Barrow, John D. -- Progress in Biological Evolution / García-Bellido, Antonio -- The Idea of Progress in Evolutionary Biology: Philosophical Considerations / Wolters, Gereon -- The Idea of Progress in Human Health / Lazar, Philippe -- Notes on Contributors -- Index