What Does Evolutionary Biology tell Us About Philosophy and Religion?
Abstract. Considerations from evolutionary biology lead Michael Ruse, among others, to a naturalistic turn in philosophy. I assess some of the pragmatic and skeptical conclusions concerning ethics, religion, and epistemology that Ruse draws from his evolutionary naturalism. Finally, I argue that the...
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| 格式: | 电子 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1994
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Zygon
Year: 1994, 卷: 29, 发布: 1, Pages: 45-54 |
| Further subjects: | B
ethical skepticism
B Fallibilism B Evolutionary Ethics B Epistemology B 宗教 B Naturalism |
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| 总结: | Abstract. Considerations from evolutionary biology lead Michael Ruse, among others, to a naturalistic turn in philosophy. I assess some of the pragmatic and skeptical conclusions concerning ethics, religion, and epistemology that Ruse draws from his evolutionary naturalism. Finally, I argue that there is an essential tension between science and religion which forecloses the possibility of an ultimate reconciliation between the two as they are now understood. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00647.x |