Origin of the Human Species

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-420-1374-2
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 106, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 394 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series

This book evaluates the claims of scientific creationism versus materialistic evolution, while examining other scenarios. Consistently philosophical in methodology and perspective, the book is radically interdisciplinary in content, examining data and arguments drawn from natural science, philosophy, and theology. This work challenges the limits of human knowledge regarding every major question touching on human origins.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bonnette, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Acknowledgments
ONE Darwinian Evolution Versus Scientific Creationism
TWO The Concept of Natural Species
THREE Philosophical Possibility of Inter-Specific Evolution
FOUR Distinctions of Natural Species
FIVE Significance of Recent Ape-Language Studies
SIX The Human Soul’s Spiritual Character and Divine Origin
SEVEN The Question of Extraterrestrial Life
EIGHT The Metaphysical Structure of Natural Species
NINE Natural Science and Theology
TEN The Truths of Revelation
ELEVEN Locating the First True Humans: “Current Theory”
TWELVE Adam and Eve’s Origin
THIRTEEN Genesis: 4,000 B.C. or 1,000,000 B.C.?
FOURTEEN Human Evolution’s Extinction?
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Bonnette is a Full Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University in Lewiston, New York. He lives in Youngstown, New York, with his wife, Lois. He is a former National Defense Education Act Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, from which he received his doctorate in Philosophy in 1970. He has been teaching Philosophy at the college level for 37 years. Dr. Bonnette has written one earlier book, Aquinas’ Proofs for God’s Existence, and many scholarly articles. He is a member of the American Philosophical Association, Scholars for Social Justice, and the American Catholic Philosophical Association. He is especially interested in using philosophical analysis to reconcile enigmas that appear to arise from the interface of natural science and divine revelation.