Klapwijk, Jacob.

Purpose in the living world? creation and emergent evolution / [electronic resource] : Jacob Klapwijk ; translated and edited by Harry Cook. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (ix, 311 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-303) and index.

Does life on earth have a purpose? -- Creationism, intelligent design, and Augustine's idea of time -- Darwin, neo-Darwinism, and the naturalistic continuity claim -- Miller's pre-biotic broth and the premises of evolutionism -- A cold shudder along Darwin's back -- The emergence theory of Morgan and Alexander -- Luctor et emergo : what is emergent evolution? -- Toward a general theory of emergent evolution -- Hominization and the philosophy of mind -- Augustinian faith and evolutionary science -- The organism is a whole, the world is a habitat -- The slumbering temptation of essentialism -- Questions surrounding the emergence process -- Enkapsis in nature : is there an omega point?

9781139129794 (electronic bk.) 1139129791 (electronic bk.)


Evolution (Biology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Evolution (Biology)
Creation.
Teleology.
Creationism.
Evolutionsbiologie.
Kreationismus.
Christentum.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / General


Electronic books.

BL263 / .K5313 2008eb

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