A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of NatureInterVarsity Press, 20 сент. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 257 Meaningful or meaningless? Purposeful or pointless? When we look at nature, whether at our living earth or into deepest space, what do we find? In stark contrast to contemporary claims that the world is meaningless, Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt reveal a cosmos charged with both meaning and purpose. Their journey begins with Shakespeare and ranges through Euclid's geometry, the fine-tuning of the laws of physics, the periodic table of the elements, the artistry of ordinary substances like carbon and water, the intricacy of biological organisms, and the irreducible drama of scientific exploration itself. Along the way, Wiker and Witt fashion a robust argument from evidence in nature, one that rests neither on religious presuppositions nor on a simplistic view of nature as the best of all possible worlds. In their exploration of the cosmos, Wiker and Witt find all the challenges and surprises, all of the mystery and elegance one expects from a work of genius. |
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... Darwin's story in one hand and divinity in the other. But for many who accepted Darwin's newly fashioned creation story, all the glories of creation, all of its meaning and purpose, suddenly vanished. Human beings themselves became just ...
... Darwin's story in one hand and divinity in the other. But for many who accepted Darwin's newly fashioned creation story, all the glories of creation, all of its meaning and purpose, suddenly vanished. Human beings themselves became just ...
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... Darwinism, Design and Public Education, ed. John Angus Campbell and Stephen C. Meyer (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2004), pp. 223-85. The essay engages the ongoing conversation among molecular biologists and ...
... Darwinism, Design and Public Education, ed. John Angus Campbell and Stephen C. Meyer (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2004), pp. 223-85. The essay engages the ongoing conversation among molecular biologists and ...
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... Darwin himself, in the fourteenth chapter of The Origin of Species, pointed out that his whole argument began with a being which already possessed reproductive powers. This is the creature the evolution of which a truly comprehensive ...
... Darwin himself, in the fourteenth chapter of The Origin of Species, pointed out that his whole argument began with a being which already possessed reproductive powers. This is the creature the evolution of which a truly comprehensive ...
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... Darwin and Shakespeare: Aesthetics and Bad-Design Arguments Against Intelligent Design. It builds on Jonathan Witt, “The Gods Must Be Tidy! Is the Cosmos a Work of Poor Engineering or the Gift of an Artistic Designer?” Touchstone, July ...
... Darwin and Shakespeare: Aesthetics and Bad-Design Arguments Against Intelligent Design. It builds on Jonathan Witt, “The Gods Must Be Tidy! Is the Cosmos a Work of Poor Engineering or the Gift of an Artistic Designer?” Touchstone, July ...
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... Darwin. Many since Darwin have attempted to reduce Shakespeare's gifts to blind material causes like sexual selection, but a journey through Shakespeare's most celebrated work, Hamlet, shows that all such attempts fail. The overarching ...
... Darwin. Many since Darwin have attempted to reduce Shakespeare's gifts to blind material causes like sexual selection, but a journey through Shakespeare's most celebrated work, Hamlet, shows that all such attempts fail. The overarching ...
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3 Shakespeare and the Element of Genius | 58 |
4 The Geometry of Genius | 83 |
5 The Periodic Table | 111 |
6 A Cosmic Home Designed for Discovery | 148 |
7 The Genius of the Elements | 170 |
8 The Reemergence of the Living Cell | 194 |
9 The Restoration of the Living Organism | 220 |
10 The End of the Matter | 241 |
Index | 253 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 258 |
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