Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Darwiniana
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Science and Christian Tradition
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher: New York : Appleton
ISBN:
Category : Agnosticism
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Lectures and Essays
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387052618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Autobiography and Selected Essays
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Discourses Biological and Geological
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Science and Education
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher: Akron, Ohio, Werner
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher: London : Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Capital
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Evolution and Ethics
Author: James G. ParadisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) was not only an active protagonist in the religious and scientific upheaval that followed the publication of Darwin's theory of evolution but also a harbinger of the sociobiological debates about the implications of evolution that are now going on. His seminal lecture Evolution and Ethics, reprinted here with its introductory Prolegomena, argues that the human psyche is at war with itself, that humans are alienated in a cosmos that has no special reference to their needs, and that moral societies are of necessity in conflict with the natural conditions of their existence. Seen in the light of current understanding of the mechanisms of evolution, these claims remain as controversial today as they were when Huxley proposed them. In this volume George Williams, one of the best-known evolutionary biologists of our time, asserts that recent biological ideas and data justify a more extreme condemnation of the "cosmic process" than Huxley advocated and more extreme denial that the forces that got us here are capable of maintaining a viable world. James Paradis, an expert in Victorian studies, has written an introduction that sets the celebrated lecture in the context of cultural history, revealing it to be an impressive synthesis of Victorian thinking, as well as a challenge to eighteenth-century assumptions about the harmony of of nature. With Huxley's lecture as a focal point, the three parts of this book unite philosophy and science in a shared quest that recalls their common origins as systems of knowledge.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Agnosticism and Christianity and Other Essays
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In this selection of his most important writings, renowned scientist and philosopher Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) discusses his views on the demonstrative evidence of evolution, the physical basis of life, naturalism and supernaturalism, agnosticism and Christianity, and the Christian tradition in relation to Judaic Christianity.
Selections from the Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley
Author: Thomas Henry HuxleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description