The Metaphysics of Evolution - Couverture souple

Whittaker, Thomas

 
9781108004374: The Metaphysics of Evolution
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108004377 ISBN 13 : 9781108004374
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Trained as a scientist in the early days of Darwinism, Whittaker was fascinated by the interaction of science and metaphysics.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

What conclusions do the facts of cosmic and organic evolution require or permit on the origin and destiny of the world and the individual? From 1881 to 1925 Thomas Whittaker, an Oxford-trained scientist turned philosopher, grappled with this question, which he tried to answer by metaphysical interpretation of the sciences. The majority of the essays in this volume first appeared in Mind, and a few in other journals, while three had not been previously published. Whittaker ranges widely over some of the most daring theories of the past, from the early centuries of the common era (including Apollonius of Tyana and Origen), to the middle ages (including John Scotus Erigena and Nicholas of Cusa), the renaissance (Giordano Bruno, Shakespeare) and the early modern period. Whittaker's own view is that hypothesis and imagination are legitimate aids in the search for truth in both science and philosophy in a new synthesis.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108004377
ISBN 13 
9781108004374
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Broché
Nombre de pages
496
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