Biologist's Mistress by V.N.Alexander

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Shaun Johnston:
In modern times we've made two revolutionary discoveries. One is, how changes in physical matter can be accounted for in terms of physical laws that can predict precisely what will happen next. Having given rise to science (how this can be studied) and industry (how it can be applied) this revolution is well under way.

The second revolution is, how emergence of species of living creatures can be accounted for in terms of them evolving from one another. This revolution, despite its promise of how much it could tell us about ourselves, remains stillborn through the mistaken application to it of principles coming out of the first revolution--reductive physicalism.

For this second revolution to advance it should be taken from under the wing of science and studied on its own terms. Tip: one recent product of evolution is creatures with minds. Minds are better studied through methods of the humanities than through those of science. Tell me, does this interest you?

Details: Written by Shaun Johnston Shaun Johnston; Published: May 29, 2016 May 29, 2016; Hits: 2842 2842

I'm thrilled! Someone from the humanities, using the methods of the humanities, illustrates how practitioners of the humanities can find new meaning through a radical joining of art and science. Along the way Dr. Alexander lays out her prescription for the meaning of evolution. This is a wonderful example of what this site was set up for, to celebrate and encourage new thinking in evolution. More...