(Hanna, 2024)
In his book Science for Humans (Hanna, 2024) Robert Hanna presents and defends what he calls “the explanatory inversion thesis.” According to this thesis, all formal and natural mechanical systems are metaphysically dependent on and derivable from uncomputable, negentropic, irreversible, processual, purposive, self-organizing, and time-unidirectional or time-asymmetric organic systems, and not the other way around. In his essay, “Why Read Science for Humans? 2: The Importance and Justification of The Explanatory Inversion Thesis,” Hanna argues for the importance and justification of the explanatory inversion thesis.
This is the second in a pair of essays, the first of which is “Why Read Science for Humans? 1: A Plea for Speculative and Value-Laden Philosophy of Science” (Hanna, 2026).
REFERENCES
(Hanna, 2024). Hanna, R. Science for Humans: Mind, Life, The Formal-&-Natural Sciences, and A New Concept of Nature. Berlin: Springer Nature. Available online in preview HERE.
(Hanna, 2026). Hanna, R. “Why Read Science for Humans? 1: A Plea for Speculative and Value-Laden Philosophy of Science.” Unpublished MS. Available online HERE.
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