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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... Meaning-fullness and Meaninglessness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 Hamlet and the Search for Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3 Shakespeare and the Elements of Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4 The Geometry ...
... Meaning-fullness and Meaninglessness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 Hamlet and the Search for Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3 Shakespeare and the Elements of Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4 The Geometry ...
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... meaning” and don't particularly want to figure it out. They're too busy watching the Home Shopping Network, plotting their next fantasy football trade or playing gory video games. “If you want to talk philosophy,” an old fellow tells ...
... meaning” and don't particularly want to figure it out. They're too busy watching the Home Shopping Network, plotting their next fantasy football trade or playing gory video games. “If you want to talk philosophy,” an old fellow tells ...
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... meaning is new. “I found such despair among a handful of wealthy Romans in my visit before last,” he explains, “but even there it was the exception.” Finally, a self-published poet in Birkenstocks looks up from his Nietzsche. “Hey alien ...
... meaning is new. “I found such despair among a handful of wealthy Romans in my visit before last,” he explains, “but even there it was the exception.” Finally, a self-published poet in Birkenstocks looks up from his Nietzsche. “Hey alien ...
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... meaning—proven it so clearly that one need not even produce an argument.” The extraterrestrials are, of course, fiction. The poison, however, is real. This book is written as an antidote. 1 MEANING-FULLNESS AND MEANINGLESSNESS ... what ...
... meaning—proven it so clearly that one need not even produce an argument.” The extraterrestrials are, of course, fiction. The poison, however, is real. This book is written as an antidote. 1 MEANING-FULLNESS AND MEANINGLESSNESS ... what ...
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... meaning-full. It is rather curious that anyone would have to make an argument to that effect. But some today take it ... meaning. The root meaning of nihil—nothing—made nihilism a fitting name for such a dismal view of the cosmos. But ...
... meaning-full. It is rather curious that anyone would have to make an argument to that effect. But some today take it ... meaning. The root meaning of nihil—nothing—made nihilism a fitting name for such a dismal view of the cosmos. But ...
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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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