Joseph Packer

Alien Life and Human Purpose

A Rhetorical Examination through History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Alien Life and Human Purpose provides a rhetorical examination of the way major historical figures connect their arguments for the absence of alien life, or unity, to their philosophical, religious, and ethical agendas. Packer contends that unity had a complimentary mythic function and continues to shape modern social values. This work will be of interest to rhetoricians, philosophers, historians, and theologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9781498513012
• ISBN-10: 1498513018
• Artikelnr.: 42989808

Autorenporträt

By Joseph Packer

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Plato's Rhetorical Cosmology:
The Unity of the World as Foundational Myth Chapter Two: The Dominance of
the Unity Cosmology from Plato to Galileo Chapter Three: William Whewell
and Alfred Russel Wallace: Unity Cosmology in the Modern Era Chapter Four:
Quantum Unity Chapter Five: Unity in the Twenty-first Century Conclusion:
Humanity as the Measure vs. the Unity of the World Bibliography