Description: Further DetailsTitle: On PurposeCondition: NewEAN: 9780691195957ISBN: 9780691195957Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/26/2019Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Michael RuseLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0691195951Description: An accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the presentCan we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to? Kant thought we were stuck with it, and even Darwin, who profoundly shook the idea, was unable to kill it. Indeed, purpose seems to be making a comeback today, as both religious advocates of intelligent design and some prominent secular philosophers argue that any explanation of life without the idea of purpose is missing something essential. On Purpose explores the history of purpose in philosophical, religious, scientific, and historical thought, from ancient Greece to the present. Accessibly written and filled with literary and other examples, the book traces how Platonic, Aristotelian, and Kantian ideas of purpose continue to shape Western thought. Along the way, it also takes up tough questions about the purpose of life—and whether it’s possible to have meaning without purpose.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: On Purpose
Title: On Purpose
EAN: 9780691195957
ISBN: 9780691195957
Release Date: 11/26/2019
Release Year: 2019
ISBN-10: 0691195951
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: On Purpose
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Christian Theology / Process, History & Surveys / General, Free Will & Determinism, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ecology, History & Surveys / Modern
Item Weight: 12.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.1 in
Subject Area: Nature, Religion, Philosophy, Social Science
Author: Michael Ruse
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
