On human nature
The philosophy underlying Edward O. Wilson's On Human Nature is scientific materialism. If humankind is the result of Darwinian selection, genetic chance and environmental necessity made the human species. God had nothing to do with it. God may still have been behind the ultimate units of matte...
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Published in: | America Vol. 139; no. 18; p. 412 |
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Format: | Magazine Article Book Review |
Language: | English |
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New York
America Press, Inc
02-12-1978
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Summary: | The philosophy underlying Edward O. Wilson's On Human Nature is scientific materialism. If humankind is the result of Darwinian selection, genetic chance and environmental necessity made the human species. God had nothing to do with it. God may still have been behind the ultimate units of matter, but He had nothing to do with the origin of the human species. |
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Bibliography: | content type line 2 ObjectType-Review-1 SourceType-Magazines-1 |
ISSN: | 0002-7049 1943-3697 |