A View Of Life
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Author |
: David Sloan Wilson |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2019-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101870211 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101870214 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis This View of Life by : David Sloan Wilson
It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,” and “policy.” In a series of engaging and insightful examples—from the breeding of hens to the timing of cataract surgeries to the organization of an automobile plant—Wilson shows how an evolutionary worldview provides a practical tool kit for understanding not only genetic evolution but also the fast-paced changes that are having an impact on our world and ourselves. What emerges is an incredibly empowering argument: If we can become wise managers of evolutionary processes, we can solve the problems of our age at all scales—from the efficacy of our groups to our well-being as individuals to our stewardship of the planet Earth.
Author |
: Salvador Edward Luria |
Publisher |
: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: 938 |
Release |
: 1981 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015051353921 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis A View of Life by : Salvador Edward Luria
Author |
: Fritjof Capra |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 513 |
Release |
: 2014-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107011366 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107011361 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Systems View of Life by : Fritjof Capra
The first volume to integrate life's biological, cognitive, social, and ecological dimensions into a single, coherent framework.
Author |
: Jane Maienschein |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 359 |
Release |
: 2009-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674040434 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674040430 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Whose View of Life? by : Jane Maienschein
Saving lives versus taking lives: These are the stark terms in which the public regards human embryo research--a battleground of extremes, a war between science and ethics. Such a simplistic dichotomy, encouraged by vociferous opponents of abortion and proponents of medical research, is precisely what Jane Maienschein seeks to counter with this book. Whose View of Life? brings the current debates into sharper focus by examining developments in stem cell research, cloning, and embryology in historical and philosophical context and by exploring legal, social, and ethical issues at the heart of what has become a political controversy. Drawing on her experience as a researcher, teacher, and congressional fellow, Jane Maienschein provides historical and contemporary analysis to aid understanding of the scientific and social forces that got us where we are today. For example, she explains the long-established traditions behind conflicting views of how life begins--at conception or gradually, in the course of development. She prepares us to engage a major question of our day: How are we, as a 21st-century democratic society, to navigate a course that is at the same time respectful of the range of competing views of life, built on the strongest possible basis of scientific knowledge, and still able to respond to the momentous opportunities and challenges presented to us by modern biology? Maienschein's multidisciplinary perspective will provide a starting point for further attempts to answer this question.
Author |
: Georg Simmel |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 2011-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226757858 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226757854 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis The View of Life by : Georg Simmel
Published in 1918, The View of Life is Georg Simmel’s final work. Famously deemed “the brightest man in Europe” by George Santayana, Simmel addressed diverse topics across his essayistic writings, which influenced scholars in aesthetics, epistemology, and sociology. Nevertheless, certain core issues emerged over the course of his career—the genesis, structure, and transcendence of social and cultural forms, and the nature and conditions of authentic individuality, including the role of mindfulness regarding mortality. Composed not long before his death, The View of Life was, Simmel wrote, his “testament,” a capstone work of profound metaphysical inquiry intended to formulate his conception of life in its entirety. Now Anglophone readers can at last read in full the work that shaped the argument of Heidegger’s Being and Time and whose extraordinary impact on European intellectual life between the wars was extolled by Jürgen Habermas. Presented alongside these seminal essays are aphoristic fragments from Simmel’s last journal, providing a beguiling look into the mind of one of the twentieth century’s greatest thinkers.
Author |
: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 1911 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015001813867 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Greek View of Life by : Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Author |
: George Gaylord Simpson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015031052619 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis This View of Life by : George Gaylord Simpson
"Notes and references": pages 286-302.
Author |
: Rui Diogo |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2017-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319475813 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319475819 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Evolution Driven by Organismal Behavior by : Rui Diogo
This book proposes a new way to think about evolution. The author carefully brings together evidence from diverse fields of science. In the process, he bridges the gaps between many different--and usually seen as conflicting--ideas to present one integrative theory named ONCE, which stands for Organic Nonoptimal Constrained Evolution. The author argues that evolution is mainly driven by the behavioral choices and persistence of organisms themselves, in a process in which Darwinian natural selection is mainly a secondary--but still crucial--evolutionary player. Within ONCE, evolution is therefore generally made of mistakes and mismatches and trial-and-error situations, and is not a process where organisms engage in an incessant, suffocating struggle in which they can't thrive if they are not optimally adapted to their habitats and the external environment. Therefore, this unifying view incorporates a more comprehensive view of the diversity and complexity of life by stressing that organisms are not merely passive evolutionary players under the rule of external factors. This insightful and well-reasoned argument is based on numerous fascinating case studies from a wide range of organisms, including bacteria, plants, insects and diverse examples from the evolution of our own species. The book has an appeal to researchers, students, teachers, and those with an interest in the history and philosophy of science, as well as to the broader public, as it brings life back into biology by emphasizing that organisms, including humans, are the key active players in evolution and thus in the future of life on this wonderful planet.
Author |
: S. Radhakrishnan |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2015-07-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789351360391 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9351360393 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Idealist View Of Life by : S. Radhakrishnan
One of the most profoundly religious books of our time - The Spectator Science is a system of second causes, which cannot describe the world adequately, much less account for it. In this remarkable treatise, Radhakrishnan explores aspects of the modern intellectual debate on science vis-a-vis religion and the vain attempts to find a substitute for religion. He discusses, drawing upon the traditions of East and West, the nature and validity of religious experience.Finally, he creates a fine vision of mans evolution and the emergence of higher values. The range of subjects combined with the authors own faith, undogmatic and free of creed, makes this book a philosophical education in itself.
Author |
: Shimon Edelman |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2022-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262542784 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262542781 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths by : Shimon Edelman
A guide for making sense of life--from action (good except when it's not) to thinking (depressing) to youth (a treasure). This book offers a guide to human nature and human experience--a reference book for making sense of life. In thirty-eight short, interconnected essays, Shimon Edelman considers the parameters of the human condition, addressing them in alphabetical order, from action (good except when it's not) to love (only makes sense to the lovers) to thinking (should not be so depressing) to youth (a treasure). In a style that is by turns personal and philosophical, at once informative and entertaining, Edelman offers a series of illuminating takes on the most important aspects of living in the world.