Can we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to? Kant thought we were stuck with purpose, and even Darwin's theory of natural selection, which profoundly shook the idea, was unable to kill it. In On Purpose, Michael Ruse...

Considers why humans consider themselves superior to all other animals, and whether they are right to do so. von Ruse, Michael

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 Gaia Hypothesis: Science on a Pagan Planet" von Michael Ruse untersucht die Gaia-Hypothese, die ursprünglich von James Lovelock und Lynn Margulis entwickelt wurde. Diese Hypothese betrachtet die Erde als ein selbstregulierendes...