Dawkins' GOD [[electronic resource] ] : Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life

• Autore: McGrath Alister E
• Pubblicazione: Somerset, : Wiley, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.5/5; 261.55
• Soggetto topico: Apologetics; Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""Encountering Dawkins: A Personal Account""; ""1 Selfish Gene: A Darwinian View of the World ""; ""Introducing Dawkins""; ""The New Approach: Charles Darwin""; ""The Mechanics of Inheritance: Mendel and Genetics""; ""The Discovery of the Gene""; ""The Role of DNA in Genetics""; ""Dawkinsâ€? Approach: The Selfish Gene""; ""River out of Eden: Exploring a Darwinian world""; ""2 The Blind Watchmaker: Evolution and the Elimination of God? ""; ""Natural Science Leads Neither to Atheism Nor Christianity""; ""God as an Explanatory Hypothesis"" ; ""The Case of William Paley""""The Religious Views of Charles Darwin""; ""The Christian Reaction to Darwin""; ""3 Proof and Faith: The Place of Evidence in Science and Religion ""; ""Faith as Blind Trust?""; ""Is Atheism Itself a Faith?""; ""Christian Faith as Irrational?""; ""The Problem of Radical Theory Change in Science""; ""The Rhetorical Amplification of the Case for Atheism""; ""4 Cultural Darwinism? The Curious “Scienceâ€? of Memetics ""; ""The Origins of the Meme""; ""Is Cultural Development Darwinian?""; ""Do Memes Actually Exist?""; ""The Flawed Analogy Between Gene and Meme"" ; ""The Redundancy of the Meme""""God as a Virus?""; ""5 Science and Religion: Dialogue or Intellectual Appeasement? ""; ""The “Warfareâ€? of Science and Religion""; ""The Poky Little Medieval Universe of Religion""; ""The Concept of Awe""; ""The Mind of God""; ""Mystery, Insanity, and Nonsense""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Works Consulted""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first book-length response to Richard Dawkins, author of some of the most popular scientific works, such as The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. Dawkins has become perhaps the world's best-known atheist, noted for his hostile and controversial views on religion. This wonderfully argued book explains and examines Dawkins' scientific ideas and their religious implications. Head-to-head, it takes on some of Dawkins' central assumptions, like the conflict between science and religion, the "selfish gene" theory of evolution, the role of science in explaining the world, and brillia
• Titolo autorizzato: Dawkins' GOD
• ISBN: 1-118-72490-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465700503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II