The splendid feast of reason /:
Jonathan Singer's witty, erudite book is a celebration of rationality and an urgent call to make use of intelligence and reason to better cope with human problems. Emphasizing the importance of rationality's greatest achievement, modern science, Singer--one of the foremost biologists of ou...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Jonathan Singer's witty, erudite book is a celebration of rationality and an urgent call to make use of intelligence and reason to better cope with human problems. Emphasizing the importance of rationality's greatest achievement, modern science, Singer--one of the foremost biologists of our era--argues that for the first time in several million years humanity has at its disposal the tools for an objective understanding of the external world. Singer demonstrates that, today more than ever, the fullest exercise of rationality is essential if humanity is to rein in a runaway technology and control an explosion of the human population that together threaten to devastate life on this planet within only a few more generations. The intrusion of reason and rationality into our largely irrational world has been painfully slow, uneven, and often unwelcome. Singer explains that for rationalists the founding of modern science--which took place only a few hundred years ago--has overthrown many of the myths of conventional wisdom and dogmas of traditional religions. Yet these beliefs still hold sway over the irrational world, obstructing efforts to deal sensibly with the problematic future of mankind. The core of The Splendid Feast of Reason is an engaging and accessible account of the knowledge that modern science provides. Singer offers an absorbing discussion of how life works, of the nature of reproduction, aging, and death, and of the necessary fragility of the individual life compared to the resilience of life itself. He emphasizes the primary role of the genes in determining the structural organization and the behaviors of living things, including humans. He also stresses the nature and mechanisms of biological evolution, mechanisms that have now been placed in jeopardy because of human ignorance and irrational appetites. Finally, Singer delves into the enigma of the real world with its irrational and chaotic operations and offers suggestions of how a rationalist can not only survive, but thrive in it. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Singer, Seymour Jonathan, 1924-2017. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpPJk6gHBy7gPfhWVjgrq The splendid feast of reason / S. Jonathan Singer. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001. 1 online resource (xxiii, 242 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Jonathan Singer's witty, erudite book is a celebration of rationality and an urgent call to make use of intelligence and reason to better cope with human problems. Emphasizing the importance of rationality's greatest achievement, modern science, Singer--one of the foremost biologists of our era--argues that for the first time in several million years humanity has at its disposal the tools for an objective understanding of the external world. Singer demonstrates that, today more than ever, the fullest exercise of rationality is essential if humanity is to rein in a runaway technology and control an explosion of the human population that together threaten to devastate life on this planet within only a few more generations. The intrusion of reason and rationality into our largely irrational world has been painfully slow, uneven, and often unwelcome. Singer explains that for rationalists the founding of modern science--which took place only a few hundred years ago--has overthrown many of the myths of conventional wisdom and dogmas of traditional religions. Yet these beliefs still hold sway over the irrational world, obstructing efforts to deal sensibly with the problematic future of mankind. The core of The Splendid Feast of Reason is an engaging and accessible account of the knowledge that modern science provides. Singer offers an absorbing discussion of how life works, of the nature of reproduction, aging, and death, and of the necessary fragility of the individual life compared to the resilience of life itself. He emphasizes the primary role of the genes in determining the structural organization and the behaviors of living things, including humans. He also stresses the nature and mechanisms of biological evolution, mechanisms that have now been placed in jeopardy because of human ignorance and irrational appetites. Finally, Singer delves into the enigma of the real world with its irrational and chaotic operations and offers suggestions of how a rationalist can not only survive, but thrive in it. PREFACE; 1 Homage to the Square; 2 Making the External World Safe for Humanity: The Roles of Myth and Religion; 3 Deciphering the Real World; 4 Modern Biology and the Response to Vitalism; 5 Biological Repair and the Realities of Human Life, Aging, and Death; 6 Behavior and the Genes; 7 Life's Ancient Strategies for Survival; 8 The Future Prospects of Biology; 9 Off with the Old Ideas, On with the New; 10 Our Dual Worlds: The Concept of Complementarity; 11 Rationalists in an Irrational World; Appendix A: The Structures and Functions of Protein Molecules; Appendix B: The Genetic Code. Life sciences Philosophy. Rationalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111520 Science Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118582 Sciences de la vie Philosophie. Rationalisme. rationalism (philosophy) aat NATURE Reference. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences General. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Biology. bisacsh Life sciences Philosophy fast Rationalism fast Science Philosophy fast Rationalisme. gtt Natuurwetenschappen. gtt has work: The splendid feast of reason (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGYVgg4T96PdfDCvKccjcq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Singer, Seymour Jonathan, 1924- Splendid feast of reason. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520224256 (DLC) 00069957 (OCoLC)45707713 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77378 Volltext |
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