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A Meaning to Life by Michael Ruse
Category: Philosophy | Series: Philosophy in Action Ser.
Does human life have any meaning? Does the question even make sense today? For centuries, the question of the meaning or purpose of human life was assumed by scholars and theologians to have a religious answer: life has meaning because humans were made in the image of a good god. In the 19th century, ho ...Show more
A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings by Michael Ruse
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: A\Philosopher Looks At Ser.
Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the world is an organism - and that humans, as its highest part, have a natural value (this view appeals part ...Show more
Atheism: What Everybody Needs to Know by RUSE MICHAEL
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: What Everyone Needs to Know Ser.
Over the last decade, "New Atheists" such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have pushed the issue of atheism to the forefront of public discussion. Yet very few of the ensuing debates and discussions have managed to provide a full and objective treatment of the subject.Atheism: Wh ...Show more
Can a Darwinian be a Christian? by Michael Ruse
Category: Science & Natural History
Adopting a balanced perspective on the subject, Michael Ruse offers a serious examination of both Darwinism and Christianity. He covers a wide range of topics, from the Scopes Monkey Trial to claims about the religious significance of extraterrestrials. He deals with major figures in the current science ...Show more
DARWINISM AS RELIGION by RUSE MICHAEL
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The Darwinian Revolution--the change in thinking sparked by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which argued that all organisms including humans are the end product of a long, slow, natural process of evolution rather than the miraculous creation of an all-powerful God--is one of thetruly momento ...Show more
Darwinism and Its Discontents by Michael Ruse
Category: Science & Natural History
Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this book offers a clear and comprehensive exposition of Darwin's thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story up-to-date, examining the origins of life, the fossil record, and the mechanism of natural selection. Rival theories are explore ...Show more
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years by Michael Ruse et al (eds.)
Category: Science & Natural History
Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one-volume introduction to evolutionary biology available. Clear, informative, and comprehensive in scope, "Evolution" ...Show more
The Gaia Hypothesis: Science on a Pagan Planet by Michael Ruse
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Science-culture
In 1965 English scientist James Lovelock had a flash of insight: the Earth is not just teeming with life; the Earth, in some sense, is life. He mulled this revolutionary idea over for several years, first with his close friend the novelist William Golding, and then in an extensive collaboration with the ...Show more
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