LEADER 02256nam 2200553 450 001 9910798043103321 005 20230807205627.0 010 $a1-4985-1302-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000540719 035 $a(EBL)4206527 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001591041 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16287303 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591041 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14362230 035 $a(PQKB)11702585 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4206527 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4206527 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11136214 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL883535 035 $a(OCoLC)933434178 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000540719 100 $a20160115h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAlien life and human purpose $ea rhetorical examination through history /$fJoseph Packer 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4985-1301-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTable 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 330 $aAlien 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. 606 $aCosmology$xHistory 606 $aEthics 615 0$aCosmology$xHistory. 615 0$aEthics. 676 $a111/.82 700 $aPacker$b Joseph$f1983-$01515894 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798043103321 996 $aAlien life and human purpose$93751961 997 $aUNINA