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Author Meyer, William J., author

Title Darwin in a new key : evolution and the question of value / William J. Meyer
Published Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, [2016]

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Contents Grandeur or vanity? -- Domestication and the pursuit of value -- Beauty and the appreciation of value -- Human existence -- A case for grandeur
Summary Can one coherently integrate Darwin's view of evolution with an affirmation of the value of existence? In this fresh, lean, and substantive volume, William Meyer addresses this important question. By carefully analyzing Darwin's own writings and by drawing on the philosophical perspectives of William James, Alfred North Whitehead, and others, Meyer persuasively redirects the cultural conversation about Darwin away from the retrospective question of origins toward the prospective question concerning the ultimate significance of evolutionary life. As James recognized, the question about the real
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Religion
SUBJECT Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 fast
Subject Teleology.
Evolution -- Philosophy
SCIENCE -- Cosmology.
Evolution -- Philosophy
Religion
Teleology
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781498231206
1498231209