Evolution and the Meaning of Life

Abstract. The last century has witnessed a succession of revolutionary transformations in the discipline of biology. However, the rapid expansion of our understanding of life and its nature has had curiously little impact on the way that questions about life and its significance have been discussed...

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Main Author: Grey, William (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 1987
In: Zygon
Year: 1987, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 479-496
Further subjects:B human purpose
B meaning of life
B biology and values
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Summary:Abstract. The last century has witnessed a succession of revolutionary transformations in the discipline of biology. However, the rapid expansion of our understanding of life and its nature has had curiously little impact on the way that questions about life and its significance have been discussed by philosophers. This paper explores the answers that biology provides to central questions about our existence, and it examines why the substitution of causal explanations for teleological ones appears natural and satisfying in the case of physical theory but meets widespread resistance in the case of biology.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1987.tb00784.x