The meaning of human existence
- Title
- The meaning of human existence / Edward O. Wilson.
- Published by
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- 207 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species and posits that we, as a species, now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a systematic, indeed, in a testable way.
- Subject
- Contents
- 1. The reason we exist: The meaning of meaning -- Solving the riddle of the human species -- Evolution and our inner conflict -- 2. The unity of knowledge: The new enlightenment -- The all-importance of the humanities -- The driving force of social evolution -- 3. Other worlds: Humanity lost in a pheromone world -- The superorganisms -- Why microbes rule the galaxy -- A portrait of E.T. -- The collapse of biodiversity -- 4. Idols of the mind: Instinct -- Religion -- Free will -- 5. A human future: Alone and free in the universe -- Appendix: The limitations of inclusive fitness.
- Call number
- JFD 14-4918
- Note
- Includes index.
- Author
- Wilson, Edward O., author.
- Title
- The meaning of human existence / Edward O. Wilson.
- Publisher
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- LCCN
- 2014016707
- ISBN
- 9780871401007 (hbk.)
- 0871401002 (hbk.)
- Research call number
- JFD 14-4918