The order, meaning, and free will in modern medical science Pollack, Robert 1940- creator text Electronic books. nyu New York Columbia University Press 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource (189 p.) Are there parallels between the ""moment of insight"" in science and the emergence of the ""unknowable"" in religious faith? Where does scientific insight come from? Award-winning biologist Robert Pollack argues that an alliance between religious faith and science is not necessarily an argument in favor of irrationality: the two can inform each other's visions of the world.Pollack begins by reflecting on the large questions of meaning and purpose?and the difficulty of finding either in the orderly world described by the data of science. He considers the obligation to find meaning. Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Series Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the 2013 Paperback Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Order Versus Meaning: Science and Religion; Chapter 2. The Meaning Is in the Order: DNA-Based Medicine; Chapter 3. Meaning Beyond Order: The Science of One Life at a Time; Postscript; Bibliography; Index Description based upon print version of record. Free will and determinism Genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects Judaism and science Meaning (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects Natural selection RELIGION / Religion & Science Judaism and science Meaning (Philosophy) Religious aspects Natural selection Free will and determinism Genetics Moral and ethical aspects BM538.S3 P65 2013 201.65 296.3/75 296.375 Pollack, Robert E. New York : Columbia University Press,c2013 9780231529051 (electronic bk.) 0231529058 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=932171 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=549694 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=932171 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=549694 EBLCP 130309 20200709055754.0 ocn829462140 eng