Three big bangs [[electronic resource] ] : matter-energy, life, mind / / Holmes Rolston III
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| Autore: |
Rolston Holmes <1932->
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| Titolo: |
Three big bangs [[electronic resource] ] : matter-energy, life, mind / / Holmes Rolston III
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Columbia University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 113 |
| Soggetto topico: | Evolution |
| Philosophy | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Bang |
| Theory 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; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Rational 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 expansion |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Three big bangs |
| ISBN: | 1-282-87244-3 |
| 9786612872440 | |
| 0-231-52684-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458215703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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