Evolutionary Emergence of Purposive Goals and Values
A Naturalistic Teleology
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2023
166 pages
978-1-4384-9398-5 (ISBN)
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Develops and defends a philosophical account of meaning, purpose, and value in human life and experience that is naturalistic without being reductionistic or scientistic.
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Donald A. Crosby is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is the author of many books, including Sacred and Secular: Responses to Life in a Finite World, also published by SUNY Press.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Six Interpretations of Teleology
2. Two Meanings of Telos
3. Teleology and Values
4. Evolutionary Origin and Development of Telic Values
5. Panpsychism and Emergent Novelty
6. Organization as the Key to Mind
7. Teleology and Two Kinds of Religious Faith
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Introduction
1. Six Interpretations of Teleology
2. Two Meanings of Telos
3. Teleology and Values
4. Evolutionary Origin and Development of Telic Values
5. Panpsychism and Emergent Novelty
6. Organization as the Key to Mind
7. Teleology and Two Kinds of Religious Faith
Notes
Works Cited
Index
