Cosmos and Anthropos - A Philosophical Interpretation of the Anthropic Cosmological Principle

Zusatztext "An excellent work...the book is a model of erudition! great analytical clarity! and splendid stylistic elegance. Everyone interested in science! philosophy! religion! and theology will find this book truly rewarding." —Choice Informationen zum Autor By Errol E. Harris Klappentext Harris elucidates the important philosophical implications of the Anthropic Principle. Tracing the continuous development of the principle from physics through biology and psychology, he examines the case for the thesis that intelligent life is necessarily involved from the very beginning of physical reality and that the entire process of natural evolution comes to consciousness of itself in the human mind. Zusammenfassung Elucidates the important philosophical implications of the Anthropic Principle. This book traces the continuous development of the principle from physics through biology and psychology. It examines the case for the thesis that intelligent life is necessarily involved from the very beginning of physical reality.

Product details

• Authors: Errol E Harris, Errol E. Harris, Harris Errol E.
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1991
• EAN: 9781573925983
• ISBN: 978-1-57392-598-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / General, Anthropology, Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology