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ARTICLES RELATED TO Evolutionism | | | |  Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Evolutionism - Evolutionary thought before DarwinAs early as 400 BC the Greek atomists taught that the sun, earth, life, humans, civilization, and society emerged over eons from the eternal and uncreated atoms colliding and vibrating in the void--all without divine intervention. In the epic poem On the Nature of Things, the Roman atomist Lucretius in about 60 BC described the stages of the living earth coming to be what it is. The earth and sun formed from swirls of dust congregated from atoms colliding and vibrating in the void; early plants and animals sprang from the early earth's own s ...
See also:Evolutionism, Evolutionism - Development of usage, Evolutionism - Evolutionary thought before Darwin, Evolutionism - Evolutionism from 1836 to 1869, Evolutionism - Evolutionism from 1869 to 1875, Evolutionism - Evolutionism 1875 to the present, Evolutionism - Cultural anthropology, Evolutionism - Sociology, Evolutionism - History of ideas, Evolutionism - Marxist thought, Evolutionism - Secular Judaism, Evolutionism - Modern controversies Read more here: » Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Evolutionism - Evolutionary thought before Darwin |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Philosophical views
Meaning of life - Value as meaning.
In that they attempt to answer the question "What is valuable in life?", theories of value are theories of the meaning of life: great philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, and many others had clear views about what sort of life was best (and hence most meaningful).
Meaning of life - Atheist views.
Atheism in the strictest sense means the belief that no god or supernatural overbeing (of any type or number) exists ...
See also:Meaning of life, Meaning of life - Popular beliefs, Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories, Meaning of life - Philosophical views, Meaning of life - Value as meaning, Meaning of life - Atheist views, Meaning of life - Existentialist views, Meaning of life - Humanist views, Meaning of life - Nihilist views, Meaning of life - Positivist views, Meaning of life - Pragmatist views, Meaning of life - Transhumanist views, Meaning of life - Religious beliefs, Meaning of life - Spiritual views, Meaning of life - Humorous treatments, Meaning of life - General philosophy topics, Meaning of life - General philosophy lists Read more here: » Meaning of life: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Philosophical views |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories Where scientists and philosophers converge on the quest for the meaning of life is an assumption that the mechanics of life (i.e., the universe) are determinable, thus the meaning of life may eventually be derived through our understanding of the mechanics of the universe in which we live, including the mechanics of the human body.
There are, however, strictly speaking, no scientific views on the meaning of biological life other than its observable biological function: to continue and to reproduce itself. In this regard, science simply addresses quantitative questions such as: "What does it do?", "By wha ...
See also:Meaning of life, Meaning of life - Popular beliefs, Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories, Meaning of life - Philosophical views, Meaning of life - Value as meaning, Meaning of life - Atheist views, Meaning of life - Existentialist views, Meaning of life - Humanist views, Meaning of life - Nihilist views, Meaning of life - Positivist views, Meaning of life - Pragmatist views, Meaning of life - Transhumanist views, Meaning of life - Religious beliefs, Meaning of life - Spiritual views, Meaning of life - Humorous treatments, Meaning of life - General philosophy topics, Meaning of life - General philosophy lists Read more here: » Meaning of life: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Popular beliefs "What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lifetime. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:
Survival and temporal success
...to accumulate wealth and increase social status
...to compete or co-operate with others
...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
...to gain and exercise power
...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
... ...
See also:Meaning of life, Meaning of life - Popular beliefs, Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories, Meaning of life - Philosophical views, Meaning of life - Value as meaning, Meaning of life - Atheist views, Meaning of life - Existentialist views, Meaning of life - Humanist views, Meaning of life - Nihilist views, Meaning of life - Positivist views, Meaning of life - Pragmatist views, Meaning of life - Transhumanist views, Meaning of life - Religious beliefs, Meaning of life - Spiritual views, Meaning of life - Humorous treatments, Meaning of life - General philosophy topics, Meaning of life - General philosophy lists Read more here: » Meaning of life: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Popular beliefs |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Popular beliefs "What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:
Survival and temporal success
...to accumulate wealth and increase social status
...to compete or co-operate with others
...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
...to gain and exercise power
...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
...to ...
See also:Meaning of life, Meaning of life - Popular beliefs, Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories, Meaning of life - Philosophical views, Meaning of life - Value as meaning, Meaning of life - Atheist views, Meaning of life - Existentialist views, Meaning of life - Humanist views, Meaning of life - Nihilist views, Meaning of life - Positivist views, Meaning of life - Pragmatist views, Meaning of life - Transhumanist views, Meaning of life - Religious beliefs, Meaning of life - Spiritual views, Meaning of life - Humorous treatments, Meaning of life - General philosophy topics, Meaning of life - General philosophy lists Read more here: » Meaning of life: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Popular beliefs |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Spiritual views Mitch Albom wrote about his dying professor Morrie and their last lessons together in the bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie in which some interesting questions were raised. Albom's life as a writer was until then in vain because he chased the wrong things in life: bigger houses, bigger SUVs, and bigger paychecks. No matter how big they were, they still could not fill his emptiness. The reality that we all have to confront eventually is the same thing Morrie realized when he learned he had Lou Gehrig's disease: that the world was as gree ...
See also:Meaning of life, Meaning of life - Popular beliefs, Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories, Meaning of life - Philosophical views, Meaning of life - Value as meaning, Meaning of life - Atheist views, Meaning of life - Existentialist views, Meaning of life - Humanist views, Meaning of life - Nihilist views, Meaning of life - Positivist views, Meaning of life - Pragmatist views, Meaning of life - Transhumanist views, Meaning of life - Religious beliefs, Meaning of life - Spiritual views, Meaning of life - Humorous treatments, Meaning of life - General philosophy topics, Meaning of life - General philosophy lists Read more here: » Meaning of life: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Spiritual views |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Religious beliefs It is often suggested that religion is a response to humanity's need to simply stop being confused, or to the fear of death (and the concomitant desire not to die). By defining a realm outside of life (the spiritual realm), these needs are fulfilled by providing a meaning, purpose, and hope for our otherwise pointless, directionless, and finite lives. Most people who believe in a personal God would agree that it is God "in whom we live and move and have our being". The notion here is that we ought to seek a higher authority who will give our ...
See also:Meaning of life, Meaning of life - Popular beliefs, Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories, Meaning of life - Philosophical views, Meaning of life - Value as meaning, Meaning of life - Atheist views, Meaning of life - Existentialist views, Meaning of life - Humanist views, Meaning of life - Nihilist views, Meaning of life - Positivist views, Meaning of life - Pragmatist views, Meaning of life - Transhumanist views, Meaning of life - Religious beliefs, Meaning of life - Spiritual views, Meaning of life - Humorous treatments, Meaning of life - General philosophy topics, Meaning of life - General philosophy lists Read more here: » Meaning of life: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Religious beliefs |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Humorous treatments The very concept "the meaning of life" has become such a cliché that it has often been parodied, such as in the radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, later released as a novel, a television series, a film, and a computer game. His answer was 42. As the story goes, an advanced race of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings (mice) builds a gigantic computer called Deep Thought to find the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. Seven and a half million years later, the computer gives the answer: "4 ...
See also:Meaning of life, Meaning of life - Popular beliefs, Meaning of life - Scientific approaches and theories, Meaning of life - Philosophical views, Meaning of life - Value as meaning, Meaning of life - Atheist views, Meaning of life - Existentialist views, Meaning of life - Humanist views, Meaning of life - Nihilist views, Meaning of life - Positivist views, Meaning of life - Pragmatist views, Meaning of life - Transhumanist views, Meaning of life - Religious beliefs, Meaning of life - Spiritual views, Meaning of life - Humorous treatments, Meaning of life - General philosophy topics, Meaning of life - General philosophy lists Read more here: » Meaning of life: Encyclopedia II - Meaning of life - Humorous treatments |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Radicalism - United Kingdom The word was first used in a political sense in 18th century Great Britain. Initially confined to upper and middle classes, in the early 19th century "popular radicals" brought artisans and the "labouring classes" into widespread agitation in the face of harsh government repression. More respectable "Philosphical radicals" followed the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham and strongly supported parliamentary reform, but were generally hostile to the arguments and tactics of the"popular radicals". By the middle of the century parliamentary Radicals joined with others in the United Kingdom parliament to form the Liberals, eventua ...
See also:Radicalism, Radicalism - United Kingdom, Radicalism - Origins, Radicalism - Popular agitation, Radicalism - Political reform, Radicalism - Chartists, Radicalism - Liberal reforms, Radicalism - Continental Europe and Latin America Read more here: » Radicalism: Encyclopedia II - Radicalism - United Kingdom |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s See also History of creationism and Evolutionism.
The idea of biological evolution was supported in ancient times, notably among Hellenists such as Democritus and his student Epicurus. As early as 400 BC the Greek atomists taught that the sun, earth, life, humans, civilization, and society emerged over aeons without divine intervention. Around 60 BC the Roman atomist Lucretius wrote the poem On the Nature of Things describing the development of the living earth in stages from atoms colliding in the void as swirls of dust, then ...
See also:History of evolutionary thought, History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s, History of evolutionary thought - Acquired characteristics Lamarckism and natural selection, History of evolutionary thought - Later discrediting of Lamarckism and Orthogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1850s - early 20th century: Darwin's theory, History of evolutionary thought - 1920s-1940s: the modern evolutionary synthesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1940s-1960s: developments following molecular biology, History of evolutionary thought - 1960s-1980s: Williams revolution punctuated equilibrium, History of evolutionary thought - 1970s-2000s: evolutionary biology as a discipline, History of evolutionary thought - Recent developments in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Symbiogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - Neo-structuralist themes in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Altruism, History of evolutionary thought - Horizontal gene transfer, History of evolutionary thought - Unconventional extensions to evolutionary ideas, History of evolutionary thought - De Chardin's and Huxley's theories Read more here: » History of evolutionary thought: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Natural history The controversy often takes the tone of creationists attacking various aspects of natural history (or evolution, within this context) with proponents of mainstream science claiming that there is evidence and theoretical infrastructure in sufficient amounts to answer creationist claims. The following disciplines and observations often appear in the context of the controversy:
Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Cosmology.
The Age of the universe is disputed by many Young Ea ...
See also:Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Origins, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Evolution in context, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Natural history, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Cosmology, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Geology, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Evolutionary Biology, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Creationism, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Intelligent design, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Philosophy of science, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Philosophy of religion, Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Creation-evolution controversy Read more here: » Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy: Encyclopedia II - Articles related to the creation-evolution controversy - Natural history |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - 1850s - early 20th century: Darwin's theory Main articles: Inception of Darwin's theory, Development of Darwin's theory, Publication of Darwin's theory, Reaction to Darwin's theory
While transmutation of species was accepted by a sizeable number of scientists before 1859, it was the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species which provided the first cogent mechanism by which evolutionary change could persist: his theory of natural selection. Darwin was motivated to publish his work on evolution after receiving a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace, in whi ...
See also:History of evolutionary thought, History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s, History of evolutionary thought - Acquired characteristics Lamarckism and natural selection, History of evolutionary thought - Later discrediting of Lamarckism and Orthogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1850s - early 20th century: Darwin's theory, History of evolutionary thought - 1920s-1940s: the modern evolutionary synthesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1940s-1960s: developments following molecular biology, History of evolutionary thought - 1960s-1980s: Williams revolution punctuated equilibrium, History of evolutionary thought - 1970s-2000s: evolutionary biology as a discipline, History of evolutionary thought - Recent developments in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Symbiogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - Neo-structuralist themes in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Altruism, History of evolutionary thought - Horizontal gene transfer, History of evolutionary thought - Unconventional extensions to evolutionary ideas, History of evolutionary thought - De Chardin's and Huxley's theories Read more here: » History of evolutionary thought: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - 1850s - early 20th century: Darwin's theory |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - 1920s-1940s: the modern evolutionary synthesis Main article: Modern evolutionary synthesis
These questions of interpretation were not settled until the early 20th century, beginning with the work of an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel in the late 19th century, who outlined, through a series of ingeniously devised experiments, a model for inheritance of traits based on the fundamental unit of the gene. Mendel's work was unappreciated at the time and largely ignored by the biological community. When it was "rediscovered" in 1900, it led to a storm of conflict between Mendeli ...
See also:History of evolutionary thought, History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s, History of evolutionary thought - Acquired characteristics Lamarckism and natural selection, History of evolutionary thought - Later discrediting of Lamarckism and Orthogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1850s - early 20th century: Darwin's theory, History of evolutionary thought - 1920s-1940s: the modern evolutionary synthesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1940s-1960s: developments following molecular biology, History of evolutionary thought - 1960s-1980s: Williams revolution punctuated equilibrium, History of evolutionary thought - 1970s-2000s: evolutionary biology as a discipline, History of evolutionary thought - Recent developments in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Symbiogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - Neo-structuralist themes in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Altruism, History of evolutionary thought - Horizontal gene transfer, History of evolutionary thought - Unconventional extensions to evolutionary ideas, History of evolutionary thought - De Chardin's and Huxley's theories Read more here: » History of evolutionary thought: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - 1920s-1940s: the modern evolutionary synthesis |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - Radicalism - Continental Europe and Latin America In continental Europe and Latin America, as, for instance, in France, Italy, Spain and Argentina, Radicalism developed as an ideology in the 19th century to indicate those liberals who supported, at least in theory, a republican form of government, universal male suffrage, and, particularly, supported anti-clerical policies. These radicals didn't label themselves as liberals to distinguish themselves from the dominant more conservative liberals. In northern and central European countries, ...
See also:Radicalism, Radicalism - United Kingdom, Radicalism - Origins, Radicalism - Popular agitation, Radicalism - Political reform, Radicalism - Chartists, Radicalism - Liberal reforms, Radicalism - Continental Europe and Latin America Read more here: » Radicalism: Encyclopedia II - Radicalism - Continental Europe and Latin America |
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| | | | Evolutionism: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - Unconventional extensions to evolutionary ideas
History of evolutionary thought - De Chardin's and Huxley's theories.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley formulated theories describing the gradual development of the Universe from subatomic particles to human society, considered by Teilhard as the last stage. (see Gaia theory). These are not generally recognized as scientifically rigorous.
Nine levels of development are described in their scheme. Stages one through five are grouped into the Lithosphere, also called Geosphere or Physiosphere, whe ...
See also:History of evolutionary thought, History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s, History of evolutionary thought - Acquired characteristics Lamarckism and natural selection, History of evolutionary thought - Later discrediting of Lamarckism and Orthogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1850s - early 20th century: Darwin's theory, History of evolutionary thought - 1920s-1940s: the modern evolutionary synthesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1940s-1960s: developments following molecular biology, History of evolutionary thought - 1960s-1980s: Williams revolution punctuated equilibrium, History of evolutionary thought - 1970s-2000s: evolutionary biology as a discipline, History of evolutionary thought - Recent developments in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Symbiogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - Neo-structuralist themes in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Altruism, History of evolutionary thought - Horizontal gene transfer, History of evolutionary thought - Unconventional extensions to evolutionary ideas, History of evolutionary thought - De Chardin's and Huxley's theories Read more here: » History of evolutionary thought: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - Unconventional extensions to evolutionary ideas |
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