On Purpose - Couverture souple

Ruse, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691195951 ISBN 13 : 9780691195957

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2019

Synopsis

An accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the present

Can we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to? Kant thought we were stuck with it, and even Darwin, who profoundly shook the idea, was unable to kill it. Indeed, purpose seems to be making a comeback today, as both religious advocates of intelligent design and some prominent secular philosophers argue that any explanation of life without the idea of purpose is missing something essential. On Purpose explores the history of purpose in philosophical, religious, scientific, and historical thought, from ancient Greece to the present. Accessibly written and filled with literary and other examples, the book traces how Platonic, Aristotelian, and Kantian ideas of purpose continue to shape Western thought. Along the way, it also takes up tough questions about the purpose of life--and whether it's possible to have meaning without purpose.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science at Florida State University. He has written or edited more than fifty books, including Darwinism as Religion, The Philosophy of Human Evolution, and The Darwinian Revolution.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691195951
• ISBN 13: 9780691195957
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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• Personne responsable: non disponible