Dynamical chaos proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting held on 4 and 5 February 1987 org. and ed.

ISBN 10: 0691024235 / ISBN 13: 9780691024233

Published by London, The Royal Society, 1987

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Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. Ancien Exemplaire de bibliothèque avec signature et cachet. BON état, quelques traces d'usure. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. 00A10 DYN 9780691024233 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dynamical chaos proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting held on 4 and 5 February 1987 org. and ed.
• Publisher: London, The Royal Society
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691024235
• ISBN 13: 9780691024233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 550 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • SA MATHEMATIK

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Synopsis

T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) was not only an active protagonist in the religious and scientific upheaval that followed the publication of Darwin's theory of evolution but also a harbinger of the sociobiological debates about the implications of evolution that are now going on. His seminal lecture Evolution and Ethics, reprinted here with its introductory Prolegomena, argues that the human psyche is at war with itself, that humans are alienated in a cosmos that has no special reference to their needs, and that moral societies are of necessity in conflict with the natural conditions of their existence. Seen in the light of current understanding of the mechanisms of evolution, these claims remain as controversial today as they were when Huxley proposed them. In this volume George Williams, one of the best-known evolutionary biologists of our time, asserts that recent biological ideas and data justify a more extreme condemnation of the "cosmic process" than Huxley advocated and more extreme denial that the forces that got us here are capable of maintaining a viable world. James Paradis, an expert in Victorian studies, has written an introduction that sets the celebrated lecture in the context of cultural history, revealing it to be an impressive synthesis of Victorian thinking, as well as a challenge to eighteenth-century assumptions about the harmony of of nature. With Huxley's lecture as a focal point, the three parts of this book unite philosophy and science in a shared quest that recalls their common origins as systems of knowledge.

Originally published in 1989.

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About the Author

James G. Paradis is Professor and Head of the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.