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Human freedom after Darwin : a critical rationalist view
- Title
- Human freedom after Darwin : a critical rationalist view / John Watkins.
- Author
- Watkins, John W. N.
- Publication
- Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, 1999.
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- Description
- xi, 348 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In Human Freedom after Darwin, John Watkins seeks to defend a distinctive view while, unlike classical rationalists, abiding unswervingly by the naturalistic principle that humankind is a part of nature."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Naturalism. Ch. 1. Critical Rationalism and Science. Ch. 2. How to Build a World-View. Ch. 3. Betwixt Chance and Necessity. Ch. 4. Darwinism: Some Metaphysical Implications. Ch. 5. Genes, Brains, and Creativity -- Pt. 2. Freedom. Ch. 6. Historical Review I: Hobbes, Descartes, Schopenhauer, Kant. Ch. 7. Historical Review II: Spinoza. Appendix. Spinoza on Immortality: Standard and Dissenting Views. Ch. 8. A Third View of Human Freedom. Epilogue: Mind and Body.
- ISBN
- 0812694066 (alk. paper)
- 0812694074 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99045355
- OCLC
- 42291018
- ocm42291018
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries