The Missing Link
A Symposium on Darwin's Creation-Evolution Solution
Published on 20. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
274 pages
978-0-7618-6064-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Missing Link blazes a unique trail through the conundrums and controversies generated by evolutionary theory and religious thought. To date, these debates have centered on the origin of species. This book, however, turns the spotlight on the origins of consciousness, thought, and the self while also considering the relationship between God and science. Remarkably, Darwin himself highlighted the relevance of the origin of consciousness to the question of a creator. Therefore, The Missing Link works within a framework that was laid out at the dawn of the creation-evolution debate. Since that time, however, this framework has rarely been considered or explored. The unifying theme of this volume is the conclusion that the existence of God is grounded in rational thought. Contributors to The Missing Link include three Nobel Prize winners, renowned scientists from Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard, and noted contemporary philosophers of consciousness, language, and the self.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-6064-8 (9780761860648)
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Person
Roy Abraham Varghese has published nine books on the interaction of science, philosophy and religion. Of these Cosmos, Bios, Theos included contributions from 24 Nobel Prize winners and was cited as "the year's most intriguing book about God" by Time magazine. Cosmic Beginnings and Human Ends received a Templeton Book Prize for Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences.
Content
Preface: A Symposium on Darwin's Framework for a Creation-Evolution Solution
Roy Abraham Varghese
The Missing Link
Roy Abraham Varghese
Part 1: Consciousness, Language and the Self
Darwin, Mind and God
Simon Conway Morris
Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology, Cambridge University
Life and Human Life: Their Nature and Emergence-The Singularity of Human Life
David Braine
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
Reductionism and the Self
Geoffrey Madell
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
Part 2: God
Science and God
Anthony Hewish
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1974, Emeritus Professor of Radio Astronomy, Cambridge University
Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science
William D. Phillips
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1997, National Institute Of Standards And Technology, Gaithersburg and University Of Maryland, College Park
Traditional Wisdom and Recently Acquired Knowledge in Biological Evolution
Werner Arber
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology, 1978, Emeritus Professor, Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University Of Basel
Evolution and the Fear of Large Numbers
Owen Gingerich
Professor Emeritus, Astronomy and History of Science, Harvard University
The Cosmological and Teleological Arguments Revisited
David Conway
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Middlesex University
How do I Account for the Existence of Consciousness, Thought and the Human Self? (with an appendix on Stephen Hawking and God)
John C. Lennox
Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford
Appendix: Emergence and Reductionism
Harold Morowitz, Professor in Biology and Natural Philosophy, George Mason University and former Professor, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Acknowledgements
Roy Abraham Varghese
The Missing Link
Roy Abraham Varghese
Part 1: Consciousness, Language and the Self
Darwin, Mind and God
Simon Conway Morris
Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology, Cambridge University
Life and Human Life: Their Nature and Emergence-The Singularity of Human Life
David Braine
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
Reductionism and the Self
Geoffrey Madell
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.
Part 2: God
Science and God
Anthony Hewish
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1974, Emeritus Professor of Radio Astronomy, Cambridge University
Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science
William D. Phillips
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1997, National Institute Of Standards And Technology, Gaithersburg and University Of Maryland, College Park
Traditional Wisdom and Recently Acquired Knowledge in Biological Evolution
Werner Arber
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology, 1978, Emeritus Professor, Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University Of Basel
Evolution and the Fear of Large Numbers
Owen Gingerich
Professor Emeritus, Astronomy and History of Science, Harvard University
The Cosmological and Teleological Arguments Revisited
David Conway
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Middlesex University
How do I Account for the Existence of Consciousness, Thought and the Human Self? (with an appendix on Stephen Hawking and God)
John C. Lennox
Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford
Appendix: Emergence and Reductionism
Harold Morowitz, Professor in Biology and Natural Philosophy, George Mason University and former Professor, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Acknowledgements