Consilience; The Unity of Knowledge

Wilson, Edward O.

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Editorial: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1998

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[10], 332, [8] pages. Notes. Index. Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929), usually cited as E. O. Wilson, is an American biologist, theorist, naturalist and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he has been called the world's leading expert. Wilson has been called "the father of sociobiology" and "the father of biodiversity", for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. Among his greatest contributions to ecological theory is the theory of island biogeography, which he developed in collaboration with the mathematical ecologist Robert MacArthur, which was the foundation of the development of conservation area design, as well as the unified neutral theory of biodiversity of Stephen Hubbell. Wilson is the Pellegrino University Research Professor, Emeritus in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Derived from a Kirkus review: Wilson expands his agenda to the whole of human learning and behavior. All, in both the realms of art and science, can be reduced to a common set of unifying principles, or consilience. All can be subsumed under the basic laws of physics and their offspring in chemistry and biology. Wilson's arguments on achieving consilience in the humanities will no doubt rile many of the faithful in these fields. For example, he rails against economists for their arid mathematical models that pay no heed to the irrational ways humans behave and he damns anyone who espouses cultural relativism. On the other hand, he writes knowledgeably about mind, making it clear that emotion is inextricably tied to reason, and his distinction between religion and ethics is well argued. In the end, Wilson invites scholars to explore the gaps in knowledge, as well as move toward synthesis: We are drowning in information, he says, while starving for wisdom. :He also pulls out all the stops on the future of the biosphere, noting the potential for changing our genetic make- up. Wilson's proposal merits the attention and debate of the broad community of scholars. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.…

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Título
Consilience; The Unity of Knowledge
Autor
Wilson, Edward O.
Editorial
Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Año de publicación
1998
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Very good
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Very good
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0679450777
ISBN 13
9780679450771
Edición
1ª Edición

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