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?