Creative Evolution
A Physicist's Resolution Between Darwinism and Intelligent Design
1st Edition
Published on 23. January 2014
354 pages
978-0-8356-3095-5 (ISBN)
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Description
By denying evolution altogether, says quantum physicist Amit Goswani, intelligent design believers fly in the face of scientific data. But the idea of intelligent design does contain substance that neo-Darwinists cannot ignore. Goswani posits that consciousness, not matter, is the primary force in the universe. Biology must come to terms with feeling, meaning, and the purposefulness of life, as well as with the idea of a designer. Whats more, reconciling the question of lifes purposefulness and the existence of the designer with neo-Darwinism also answers many other difficult questions. The result is a paradigm shift for biology and the vision of a coherent whole that Goswami calls ",science within consciousness.", In this timely, important book, the author offers clear arguments supported by the findings of quantum physics that represent a major step in resolving controversies between science and religion.
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Content
- Creative Evolution: A Physicist's Resolution between Darwinism and Intelligent Design
- Half Title Page
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- PART 1: INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1: God and a New Biology
- CHAPTER 2: Quantum Physics and Downward Causation
- CHAPTER 3: Connecting Biology to Physics
- CHAPTER 4: Biology within Consciousness and Other Organizing Principles
- CHAPTER 5: Evolution: From What to What?
- PART 2: LIFE and ITS ORIGINS
- CHAPTER 6: Materialist Theories of Life and Its Origin
- CHAPTER 7: The Origin of the Universe, the Origin of Life, and the Quantum Observer
- CHAPTER 8: A Designer Needs Blueprints
- PART 3: CREATIVE EVOLUTION
- CHAPTER 9: The Evolution and Future of Darwinism
- CHAPTER 10: Post-Darwinian Ideas and the Journey to the New Paradigm
- CHAPTER 11: Creative Evolution
- CHAPTER 12: Reconciling Darwinism and Gaia Theory
- PART 4: FORM, FEELING, and VITAL ENERGIES
- CHAPTER 13: Morphogenetic Fields, Evolution, and the Development of Form
- CHAPTER 14: A New Biology of Feeling
- PART 5: NEUROSCIENCE within CONSCIOUSNESS
- CHAPTER 15: The Relation of Consciousness, the Brain, and the Mind
- CHAPTER 16: Reconciling Cognitive Science with the Paradox of Perception
- CHAPTER 17: The Evolution of the Mind
- PART 6: MORE NEW BIOLOGY: The SUPRAMENTAL DIMENSION
- CHAPTER 18: The Biology of Death and Survival after Death
- CHAPTER 19: A New Bioethics and Deep Ecology
- CHAPTER 20: Lamarckism and the Mystery of Instincts
- CHAPTER 21: Evolution: The Next Step
- References
- Index
