03058nam 2200589Ia 450 991045821570332120200520144314.01-282-87244-397866128724400-231-52684-9(CKB)2560000000056087(EBL)908800(OCoLC)826476468(SSID)ssj0000443306(PQKBManifestationID)12129237(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000443306(PQKBWorkID)10454721(PQKB)10599784(MiAaPQ)EBC908800(Au-PeEL)EBL908800(CaPaEBR)ebr10433198(CaONFJC)MIL287244(EXLCZ)99256000000005608720100127d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThree big bangs[electronic resource] matter-energy, life, mind /Holmes Rolston IIINew York Columbia University Press20101 online resource (161 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-15639-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1. The Primordial Big Bang; Explosive Startup and Ongoing Expansion; A Singular Universe: Unfolding Order; Logical Explosion: A Theory of Everything?; A Biogenic/Anthropic Universe; Cosmic Results: Predictable and Surprising; Chapter 2. Life: Earth's Big Bang; Proactive Genetic Information and Order; Explosions: Combinatorial and Evolutionary; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; Expanding Neuro-sentience: Felt Experience; Escalating Co-option: Serendipity; Evolutionary Headings: Surprising or Inevitable?; Chapter 3. Mind: The Human Big BangTheory of Mind: The Human SingularityHyperimmense Brain: Neural Explosion; Ideational Uniqueness: Cultural Explosion; Symbolic Explosion: Human Language; Mind: Predictable or Surprising?; Spirited Persons: The Ultimate Marvel; Presence with Presence; References; IndexRational explanations of the universe leave the spiritually curious cold, and religion-based theories tend to devalue the findings of science. By dividing the creation of matter, energy, life, and mind into three big bangs, Holmes Rolston III strikes a middle path between these two camps. He divines a history of the universe that respects both scientific discovery and the potential presence of an underlying intelligence.In Rolston's first bang, matter-energy appears, initially in simpler forms but with a remarkable capacity for generating heavier elements. The size and expansionEvolutionPhilosophyElectronic books.Evolution.Philosophy.113Rolston Holmes1932-495608MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458215703321Three big bangs2011647UNINA