02256nam 2200553 450 991082858310332120230807205627.01-4985-1302-6(CKB)3710000000540719(EBL)4206527(SSID)ssj0001591041(PQKBManifestationID)16287303(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591041(PQKBWorkID)14362230(PQKB)11702585(MiAaPQ)EBC4206527(Au-PeEL)EBL4206527(CaPaEBR)ebr11136214(CaONFJC)MIL883535(OCoLC)933434178(EXLCZ)99371000000054071920160115h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlien life and human purpose a rhetorical examination through history /Joseph PackerLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2015.©20151 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-1301-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexAlien 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.CosmologyHistoryEthicsCosmologyHistory.Ethics.111/.82Packer Joseph1983-1629963MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828583103321Alien life and human purpose3968003UNINA