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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... meaningless?” the alien asks the sullen ones. They complain about this or that politician, a war here or there. O points out that whereas tyranny and war have always been around, thousands of people sitting around stylish coffee shops ...
... meaningless?” the alien asks the sullen ones. They complain about this or that politician, a war here or there. O points out that whereas tyranny and war have always been around, thousands of people sitting around stylish coffee shops ...
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... meaningless. Nihilism has spread from the philosophy of the “knowing” elite to the philosophy of everyday life. In the first half of the nineteenth century, philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer asserted against the rationalism of his day ...
... meaningless. Nihilism has spread from the philosophy of the “knowing” elite to the philosophy of everyday life. In the first half of the nineteenth century, philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer asserted against the rationalism of his day ...
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... meaningless universe. Taking both Schopenhauer and Darwin to heart, Nietzsche proudly declared that all philosophy, all religion, all science, all literature, all art were only so many desperate attempts to paint meaning on a meaningless ...
... meaningless universe. Taking both Schopenhauer and Darwin to heart, Nietzsche proudly declared that all philosophy, all religion, all science, all literature, all art were only so many desperate attempts to paint meaning on a meaningless ...
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... meaningless pile of letters on the ground. In both cases, our recognition that the string of letters is meaningless is both complex and commonsensical. Experience teaches us that neither a monsoon nor a monkey is much given to the ...
... meaningless pile of letters on the ground. In both cases, our recognition that the string of letters is meaningless is both complex and commonsensical. Experience teaches us that neither a monsoon nor a monkey is much given to the ...
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... meaningless string of letters. Understanding these things leaves one with a sense that the letters probably were semantically meaningless (though not without purpose). Omniscient knowledge of all languages everywhere combined with an ...
... meaningless string of letters. Understanding these things leaves one with a sense that the letters probably were semantically meaningless (though not without purpose). Omniscient knowledge of all languages everywhere combined with an ...
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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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