Artículos relacionados a Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our...

Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are - Tapa dura

Barash, David P.

 
9780190673710: Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are
Tapa dura
ISBN 10: 0190673710 ISBN 13: 9780190673710
Editorial: OXFORD UNIV PR, 2018

Sinopsis

Human beings have long seen themselves as the center of the universe, the apple of God's eye, specially-created creatures who are somehow above and beyond the natural world. This viewpoint--a persistent paradigm of our own unique self-importance--is as dangerous as it is false.

In Through a Glass Brightly, noted scientist David P. Barash explores the process by which science has, throughout time, cut humanity "down to size," and how humanity has responded. A good paradigm is a tough thing to lose, especially when its replacement leaves us feeling more vulnerable and less special. And yet, as science has progressed, we find ourselves--like it or not--bereft of many of our most cherished beliefs, confronting an array of paradigms lost.

Barash models his argument around a set of "old" and "new" paradigms that define humanity's place in the universe. This new set of paradigms range from provocative revelations as to whether human beings are well designed, whether the universe has somehow been established with our species in mind (the so-called anthropic principle), whether life itself is inherently fragile, and whether Homo sapiens might someday be genetically combined with other species (and what that would mean for our self-image). Rather than seeing ourselves through a glass darkly, science enables us to perceive our strengths and weaknesses brightly and accurately at last, so that paradigms lost becomes wisdom gained. The result is a bracing, remarkably hopeful view of who we really are.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

David P. Barash is an evolutionary biologist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington. He has written more than 280 peer-reviewed articles and nearly 40 books. Barash has penned numerous op-eds in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as numerous pieces in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nautilus, and aeon.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
OXFORD UNIV PR
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0190673710
ISBN 13 
9780190673710
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
212
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
GPSR Kontakt
gpsr@libri.de

Europaallee 1
Bad Hersfeld
36244
Alemania