Biology and the Riddle of LifeUNSW Press, 1999 - 158 páginas Annotation. "What is life? What does it means to be alive? Is the Earth a super-organism? Is God necessary? In Biology and the Riddle of Life Charles Birch confronts these fundamental questions at a time when such topics as genetic engineering, cloning and ecology have been prominent in the news. Birch confronts the impression that modern biology has answers to all that there is to be known about life. We need to move towards an understanding of living creatures as subjects, and not only as objects, in order to probe life's hidden secrets - what it is to be alive, what it is to experience pain, and what it is to be in love. The answer must include the meaning of life for us as individuals. Birch proposes a new perspective to bring subject and object together. This is the black box he has opened."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
Índice
RICHNESS OF EXPERIENCE IN HUMAN LIFE | 20 |
IS LIFE REDUCIBLE TO PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY? | 50 |
CUTTING HUMANS DOWN TO SIZE | 66 |
ROMANCING NATURE | 91 |
PROCESSING TOWARDS LIFE | 109 |
IS GOD NECESSARY? | 126 |
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Términos y frases comunes
A. N. Whitehead acrasin alive answer argued aspect atoms and molecules Augustine Australia become behaviour biologists called cells cent chapter chemical cloning complex concept consciousness cosmic creative creatures cultural Darwin E. O. Wilson Earth ecological ecologists ence environment ethical evolution evolutionary example existence feelings freedom genes genetic determinism God's Greek Hartshorne human nature idea important includes individual entities lead Lewontin living organisms matter meaning mechanism mechanistic million mind modern molecular biology nation novelty objective organisation panentheism Paul Davies Pelagianism person Peter Singer philosophy physicists Plato primordial nature problem process thought proposition protons question reality recognised reductionism relationships Richard Lewontin richness of experience scientists self-organisation sense Sewall Wright slime mould social society sociobiologist sort species struggle subjective survival termite things tion understanding universe Whitehead 1929a whole