On Purpose
(Sprache: Englisch)
In On Purpose, Michael Ruse explores the history of the idea 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 examines...
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In On Purpose, Michael Ruse explores the history of the idea 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 examines "purpose" thinking in the natural and human world. It shows how three ideas about purpose have been at the heart of Western thought for more than two thoUSnd years. In the Platonic view, purpose results from the planning of a human or divine being; in the Aristotelian, purpose stems from a tendency or principle of order in the natural world; and in the Kantian, purpose is essentially heuristic, or something to be discovered, an idea given substance by Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection.
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Ruse
"Do humans have purposes and values? Michael Ruse, after 'a lifetime's quest for understanding,' concludes 'yes.' In this book, he journeys from Plato and Aristotle, through St. Augustine and Kant, to Darwin. The exploration is scholarly and profound, as well as eminently readable. There is much to learn from On Purpose and much to relish while reading it."--Francisco J. Ayala, University of California, Irvine
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Ruse
- 2017, 320 Seiten, Maße: 14,6 x 22,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691172463
- ISBN-13: 9780691172460
Sprache:
Englisch
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