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COMPREHENSIVE DARWINISM

COMPREHENSIVE DARWINISM Darwinism has become an encompassing theory, leaving the confines of science and accounting for all aspects of life. Such an outlook entails important consequences for the evaluation of life. In particular, organisms are considered mere means for species’ preservation and development, while reason is no special faculty, but rather an outgrowth of functions that are rudimentarily present in animals. Darwinism cannot, for that reason, be said to be “true,” but if Darwinism is the correct view, the implications for man are grave, no purpose or meaning of life being discernable. Darwinists are accordingly faced with the question why they continue their inquiries. Keywords: Darwinism, meaning, nihilism, reductionism, Platonism, Schopenhauer http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Contemporary Philosophy Addleton Academic Publishers

COMPREHENSIVE DARWINISM

JASPER DOOMEN
Review of Contemporary Philosophy , Volume 11 (1): 18 – Jan 1, 2012
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Darwinism has become an encompassing theory, leaving the confines of science and accounting for all aspects of life. Such an outlook entails important consequences for the evaluation of life. In particular, organisms are considered mere means for species’ preservation and development, while reason is no special faculty, but rather an outgrowth of functions that are rudimentarily present in animals. Darwinism cannot, for that reason, be said to be “true,” but if Darwinism is the correct view, the implications for man are grave, no purpose or meaning of life being discernable. Darwinists are accordingly faced with the question why they continue their inquiries. Keywords: Darwinism, meaning, nihilism, reductionism, Platonism, Schopenhauer

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Published: Jan 1, 2012

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