Humanities & Evolution

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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?

Humanities & Evolution

Details: Written by Stephen Britton Stephen Britton; Published: March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017; Hits: 12842 12842

HUMANITIES VIEW
CONSILIENCE ON WHOSE TERMS?
FREE WILL VERSUS DETERMINISM

Humanities view of evolution

How different the evolution of human nature looks from a humanities' point of view. If we insist we're conscious and have free will, what does that imply about evolution?

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Consilience on whose terms?

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Free will versus Determinism

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