Alien life and human purpose : a rhetorical examination through history / / Joseph Packer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828583103321
• Autore: Packer Joseph <1983->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4985-1302-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 111/.82
• Soggetti: Cosmology - History; Ethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Plato's Rhetorical Cosmology; 2 The Dominance of the Unity Cosmology: From Plato to Galileo; 3 William Whewell and Alfred Russel Wallace; 4 Quantum Unity; 5 Unity in the Twenty-First Century; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Alien Life and Human Purpose provides a rhetorical examination of the way major historical figures connect their arguments for the absence of alien life, or unity, to their philosophical, religious, and ethical agendas. Packer contends that unity had a complimentary mythic function and continues to shape modern social values. This work will be of interest to rhetoricians, philosophers, historians, and theologists.