Following the extraordinary success of The Meaning of Human Existence, Edward O. Wilson offers a philosophically probing work on the origins of human creativity.
“Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,” begins Edward O. Wilson’s sweeping examination of the humanities and its relationship to the sciences. By studying fields as diverse as paleontology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human creativity began not 10,000 years ago, as we have long assumed, but over 100,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age. Chronicling the evolution of creativity from primates to humans, Wilson shows how the humanities, in large part spurred on by the invention of language, have played a previously unexamined role in defining our species. Exploring a surprising range of creative endeavors—the instinct to create gardens, the use of metaphors and irony in speech, the power of music and song— Wilson proposes a transformational “Third Enlightenment” in which the blending of science and humanities will enable a deeper understanding of the human condition and how it ultimately originated.
Edward O. Wilson is widely recognized as one of the world's preeminent biologists and naturalists. The author of more than twenty books, including The Creation, The Social Conquest of Earth, The Meaning of Human Existence, and Letters to a Young Scientist, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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評分 評分不要錯過最後一章:The Third Enlightenment
评分科學和人文應該聯閤。科學幫人文擴大視野,人文幫科學尋找意義,這樣的結閤能幫助人類挑戰更厲害的哲學問題。
评分不要錯過最後一章:The Third Enlightenment
评分不要錯過最後一章:The Third Enlightenment
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