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Is nature enough? : meaning and truth in the age of science / John F. Haught.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (223 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511191391
  • 9780511191398
  • 051119000X
  • 9780511190001
  • 0511190646
  • 9780511190643
  • 0511190964
  • 9780511190964
  • 0511191820
  • 9780511191824
  • 9780511809279
  • 0511809271
  • 128045850X
  • 9781280458507
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Is nature enough?.DDC classification:
  • 215 22
LOC classification:
  • BL240.3 .H38 2006eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Is nature enough?; 2 Religion; 3 Intelligence; 4 Life; 5 Emergence; 6 Purpose; 7 Seeing; 8 Cosmos; 9 Morality; 10 Suffering; 11 Death; 12 Anticipation; Index.
Summary: John Haught examines 'scientific naturalism', the belief that nothing exists beyond the world available to our senses and scientific inquiry. He seeks to provide a reasonable, scientifically informed alternative to naturalism by embracing the results of analytical research while simultaneously questioning the rational coherence of Darwinistic naturalism.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Is nature enough?; 2 Religion; 3 Intelligence; 4 Life; 5 Emergence; 6 Purpose; 7 Seeing; 8 Cosmos; 9 Morality; 10 Suffering; 11 Death; 12 Anticipation; Index.

John Haught examines 'scientific naturalism', the belief that nothing exists beyond the world available to our senses and scientific inquiry. He seeks to provide a reasonable, scientifically informed alternative to naturalism by embracing the results of analytical research while simultaneously questioning the rational coherence of Darwinistic naturalism.