how evolutionary theory undermines everything you thought you knew /
نام نخستين پديدآور
Steve Stewart-Williams.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
New York :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Cambridge University Press,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2010.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
1 online resource (x, 341 pages)
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-332) and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
Darwin and the big questions -- Clash of the Titans -- Darwin and design -- Darwin's God -- God as gap filler -- Darwin and the problem of evil -- Wrapping up religion -- Human beings and their place in nature -- The status of human beings in nature -- Meaning of life, RIP? -- Evolving good -- Remaking morality -- Uprooting the doctrine of human dignity -- Evolution and the death of right and wrong.
بدون عنوان
0
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
"Evolutionary theory answers one of the most profound and fundamental questions human beings have ever asked themselves, a question that has plagued reflective minds for as long as reflective minds have existed in the universe: Why are we here? How did we come to exist on this planet? In a lot of ways, this is a very ordinary planet"--
متن يادداشت
"If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong or does it imply that ultimately nothing is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book, Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by evolutionary theory and the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, he argues that Darwinian science supports a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, but that we can still live a good life and a happy life within the confines of this view"--
یادداشتهای مربوط به سفارشات
منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک
MIL
شماره انبار
277146
ویراست دیگر از اثر در قالب دیگر رسانه
عنوان
Darwin, God, and the meaning of life.
شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي
9780521762786
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Evolution (Biology)-- Moral and ethical aspects.
موضوع مستند نشده
Evolution (Biology)-- Philosophy.
موضوع مستند نشده
Evolution (Biology)-- Religious aspects.
موضوع مستند نشده
Evolution (Biology)-- Moral and ethical aspects.
موضوع مستند نشده
Evolution (Biology)-- Philosophy.
موضوع مستند نشده
Evolution (Biology)-- Religious aspects.
موضوع مستند نشده
RELIGION-- Christian Theology-- General.
مقوله موضوعی
موضوع مستند نشده
JM
موضوع مستند نشده
REL-- 067000
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
231
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7/652
ويراست
22
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
QH360
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5
نشانه اثر
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S79
2010eb
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