Steve Stewart-Williams

Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the implications of evolutionary theory and evolutionary psychology for some of the most important philosophical questions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9780521762786
• ISBN-10: 0521762782
• Artikelnr.: 31192615

Autorenporträt

Steve Stewart-Williams is a lecturer in evolutionary psychology at Swansea University. Before taking this position, he did his PhD at Massey University in New Zealand, and then did a postdoctoral fellowship at McMaster University in Canada. His research and writing covers a diverse range of topics, including the placebo effect, the philosophy of biology, and the evolution of altruism and mating behaviour.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Darwin and the big questions
Part I. Darwin Gets Religion: 2. Clash of the Titans
3. Design after Darwin
4. Darwin's God
5. God as gap filler
6. Darwin and the problem of evil
7. Wrapping up religion
Part II. Life After Darwin: 8. Human beings and their place in the universe
9. The status of human beings among the animals
10. Meaning of life, RIP?
Part III. Morality Stripped of Superstition: 11. Evolving good
12. Remaking morality
13. Uprooting the doctrine of human dignity
14. Evolution and the death of right and wrong.