The Resource Darwin in a new key : evolution and the question of value, William J. Meyer
Darwin in a new key : evolution and the question of value, William J. Meyer
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- Summary
- Can one coherently integrate Darwin's view of evolution with an affirmation of the value of existence? In this fresh, lean, and substantive volume, William Meyer addresses this important question. By carefully analyzing Darwin's own writings and by drawing on the philosophical perspectives of William James, Alfred North Whitehead, and others, Meyer persuasively redirects the cultural conversation about Darwin away from the retrospective question of origins toward the prospective question concerning the ultimate significance of evolutionary life. As James recognized, the question about the reality of God is more critical for the forward-looking question of value than it is for the backward-looking question of origins. Darwin was a theist in search of a better theism, and because theology had not yet caught up to him, he became increasingly agnostic and caught between his mechanistic understanding of nature, on the one hand, and his affirmation of the value and beauty of the world, on the other. Whitehead's philosophy of organism offers a way to integrate Darwin's evolutionary insights with his affirmation of the grandeur of nature. Meyer's clearly written and richly argued book enables us to integrate our evolutionary understanding of the world with our experience of value within it
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 123 pages
- Isbn
- 9781498231190
- Label
- Darwin in a new key : evolution and the question of value
- Title
- Darwin in a new key
- Title remainder
- evolution and the question of value
- Statement of responsibility
- William J. Meyer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Can one coherently integrate Darwin's view of evolution with an affirmation of the value of existence? In this fresh, lean, and substantive volume, William Meyer addresses this important question. By carefully analyzing Darwin's own writings and by drawing on the philosophical perspectives of William James, Alfred North Whitehead, and others, Meyer persuasively redirects the cultural conversation about Darwin away from the retrospective question of origins toward the prospective question concerning the ultimate significance of evolutionary life. As James recognized, the question about the reality of God is more critical for the forward-looking question of value than it is for the backward-looking question of origins. Darwin was a theist in search of a better theism, and because theology had not yet caught up to him, he became increasingly agnostic and caught between his mechanistic understanding of nature, on the one hand, and his affirmation of the value and beauty of the world, on the other. Whitehead's philosophy of organism offers a way to integrate Darwin's evolutionary insights with his affirmation of the grandeur of nature. Meyer's clearly written and richly argued book enables us to integrate our evolutionary understanding of the world with our experience of value within it
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- contains biographical information
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- Meyer, William J
- Dewey number
- 113
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BD581
- LC item number
- .M45 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Darwin, Charles
- Darwin, Charles
- Teleology
- Evolution
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- Darwin in a new key : evolution and the question of value, William J. Meyer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-120) and index
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- ocn935191768
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xi, 123 pages
- Isbn
- 9781498231190
- Isbn Type
- (pbk)
- Lccn
- 2016304580
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- Darwin in a new key : evolution and the question of value, William J. Meyer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-120) and index
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- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xi, 123 pages
- Isbn
- 9781498231190
- Isbn Type
- (pbk)
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- 2016304580
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