The Meaning of Human Existence

Edward O. Wilson (Harvard University)

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Liveright
07 November 2014

Philosophy; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of science

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ---- Wilson's latest book looks at the possibilities of a marriage between the Sciences and the Humanities. Slim yet stimulating - this book offers the hope that a more productive age could await mankind. Greg

Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche once called the rainbow colours around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges science and philosophy to create a twenty-first-century treatise on human existence.

Once criticised for his over-reliance on genetics, Wilson unfurls here his most expansive and advanced theories on human behaviour, recognising that, even though the human and the spider evolved similarly, the poet's sonnet is wholly different from the spider's web.

Whether attempting to explicate the Riddle of the Human Species, warning of the Collapse of Biodiversity, or even creating a plausible Portrait of E.T., Wilson does indeed believe that humanity holds a special position in the known universe. Alarmed, however, that we are about to abandon natural selection by redesigning biology and human nature as we wish them, Wilson concludes that advances in science and technology bring us our greatest moral dilemma since God stayed the hand of Abraham.

By: Edward O. Wilson (Harvard University)
Imprint: Liveright
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 352g
ISBN: 9780871401007
ISBN 10: 0871401002
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 07 November 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Edward O. Wilson, a professor emeritus at Harvard University, is the author of Letters to a Young Scientist (ISBN 978 0 87140 385 8), The Social Conquest of Earth (ISBN 978 0 87140 363 6) and From So Simple a Beginning (ISBN 978 0 393 06134 5), among other works.

Reviews for The Meaning of Human Existence

Written in Wilson's usual engaging and highly readable style... -- Times Higher Education His [Edward O. Wilson's] prose is always so lucid and eloquent. -- The Bookseller