Darwin's incomplete idea : Wittgenstein, language, our place in nature and our responsibility for the environment / Gunnar Odhner.

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"Why is progress in environmental protection slow and faltering? Is it because we misunderstand our place in nature? This book argues that it is the normative implications of Darwinism and their powerful grip on collective social consciousness that are partly responsible for the tardiness. For all i...

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Main Author: Odhner, Gunnar, 1942- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy.
Biology > Philosophy.
Physical Description:171 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. An increasing concern
  • 2. The cornerstone of life
  • 3. Homo sapiens moves in
  • 4. The magic of language
  • 5. Language and society
  • 6. A final survey
  • 7. Back to nature!
  • 8. Elitism and eco-fascism
  • 9. Soulless robots
  • 10. Political biology
  • 11. The function of consciousness
  • 12. The invisible 'not'
  • 13. The underestimated evolution
  • 14. A true model
  • 15. A conclusive assumption.