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. |
Результаты поиска по книге
Результаты 1 – 5 из 24
Стр. 23
... intelligent governance by a benevolent, divine being. We should now recognize Weinberg's view as encapsulating precisely the view of meaninglessness that undergirds both philosophical and banal cultural nihilism. In his belief that the ...
... intelligent governance by a benevolent, divine being. We should now recognize Weinberg's view as encapsulating precisely the view of meaninglessness that undergirds both philosophical and banal cultural nihilism. In his belief that the ...
Стр. 28
... 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/August 2004, pp. 25-30. 1For two media reports on the Shakespearean ...
... 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/August 2004, pp. 25-30. 1For two media reports on the Shakespearean ...
Стр. 30
... intelligent cause of high order is responsible for these plays), but that this cause cannot be reduced to blind mechanism. In light of this, we might begin to wonder whether not just Shakespeare, not just human art, but nature itself ...
... intelligent cause of high order is responsible for these plays), but that this cause cannot be reduced to blind mechanism. In light of this, we might begin to wonder whether not just Shakespeare, not just human art, but nature itself ...
Стр. 45
... intelligent design. Much as we said of DNA and the cell, vision is part of an integrated, complex whole within which the eye can function. That is, its function requires untold layers of complexity that the eye itself does not provide ...
... intelligent design. Much as we said of DNA and the cell, vision is part of an integrated, complex whole within which the eye can function. That is, its function requires untold layers of complexity that the eye itself does not provide ...
Стр. 51
... intelligent-design movement is way too small. . . . In their view, he designed everything in the world and yet he repeatedly intervenes and violates the laws of his own creation. Their God is like a kid who is not a very good mechanic ...
... intelligent-design movement is way too small. . . . In their view, he designed everything in the world and yet he repeatedly intervenes and violates the laws of his own creation. Their God is like a kid who is not a very good mechanic ...
Содержание
9 | |
11 | |
15 | |
30 | |
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 |
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature Benjamin Wiker,Jonathan Witt Ограниченный просмотр - 2006 |
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
abstract actually amino acids animals anthropic argue argument atmosphere atomic weight beauty biological calx carbon cause cell century chemical elements chemistry chemists complex compounds cosmos creatures Darwin Darwinian Dawkins depth disanthropism discovered discovery drama Earth elegance Euclid everyday evolution existence explain fine-tuning fire function genes genius geometrical Guillermo Gonzalez Hamlet heat human hydrogen imagination intellectual intelligent J. B. S. Haldane kind laboratory Lavoisier living things materialism materialist mathematics meaning meaningful meaningless mercury merely metal Miller-Urey experiment Miranda modern natural selection nature’s noted Oparin order of nature organism origin oxygen particular periodic table philosopher phlogiston physical play Polonius prebiotic prebiotic soup Privileged Planet protein protons reality reduced reductionism reductionist regard rich scientific scientists sense Shakespeare specific ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss stars strange structure Tempest theory tion triangle truth ultimate understand weasel William Shakespeare words York