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245 14 a| The meaning of human existence /c| Edward O. Wilson.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company,c| [2014];

300 a| 207 pages ;c| 22 cm;

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500 a| Includes index.;

505 0 a| 1. The reason we exist: The meaning of meaning -- Solving the riddle of the human species -- Evolution and our inner conflict -- 2. The unity of knowledge: The new enlightenment -- The all-importance of the humanities -- The driving force of social evolution -- 3. Other worlds: Humanity lost in a pheromone world -- The superorganisms -- Why microbes rule the galaxy -- A portrait of E.T. -- The collapse of biodiversity -- 4. Idols of the mind: Instinct -- Religion -- Free will -- 5. A human future: Alone and free in the universe -- Appendix: The limitations of inclusive fitness.;

520 a| In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species and posits that we, as a species, now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a systematic, indeed, in a testable way.;

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The meaning of human existence / Edward O. Wilson.

Author/creator	Wilson, Edward O. author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Description	207 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Philosophical anthropology.

Contents	1. The reason we exist: The meaning of meaning -- Solving the riddle of the human species -- Evolution and our inner conflict -- 2. The unity of knowledge: The new enlightenment -- The all-importance of the humanities -- The driving force of social evolution -- 3. Other worlds: Humanity lost in a pheromone world -- The superorganisms -- Why microbes rule the galaxy -- A portrait of E.T. -- The collapse of biodiversity -- 4. Idols of the mind: Instinct -- Religion -- Free will -- 5. A human future: Alone and free in the universe -- Appendix: The limitations of inclusive fitness.
Abstract	In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species and posits that we, as a species, now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a systematic, indeed, in a testable way.
General note	Includes index.
LCCN	2014016707
ISBN	9780871401007 (hardcover)
ISBN	0871401002 (hardcover)

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