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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: October 25, 2016 October 25, 2016; Hits: 2279 2279

Traffic data from Google Analytics gives us totals of visits to the site's book reviews over the past year. Top, Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene," then Denis Noble's "The Music of Life" and James A. Shapiro "Evolution: a View from the 21st century." Of our classic texts: top, Ronald Fisher's "The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection," then Erasmus Darwin's "Zoonomia" and Paley's "Natural Theology." Local author Victoria Alexander's "The Biologists' Mistress" ranked high, also Gregory Bateson's "Mind and nature" that appeared in two different sections of the site. Full report...