Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (Penguin Science) 英文原版 丹尼爾·丹尼特：達爾文危險意識

基本信息

Author Daniel C.Dennett

Format Paperback | 592 pages

Dimensions 129 x 198 x 25mm | 404g

Publication date 26 Sep 1996

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd

Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom

Language English

Illustrations note bibliography, index

ISBN10 014016734X

ISBN13 9780140167344

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

內容簡介

在《達爾文危險意識》中，丹尼爾·C·丹尼特（Daniel C. Dennett）認為，進化論可以揭開生命奇蹟的神祕面紗，而不會貶低我們*珍惜的信仰。

從查爾斯·達爾文的自然選擇進化論開始，就一直存在爭議：虛假陳述，濫用，否認和激烈辯論。在對達爾文的有力辯護中，丹尼爾·C·丹尼特探討了進化思維的方方面面，以説明為什麼它對我們的生存如此重要，以及為什麼它肯定了（而不是威脅了）我們對生命意義的信念。

In Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life Daniel C. Dennett argues that the theory of evolution can demystify the miracles of life without devaluing our most cherished beliefs.

From the moment it first appeared, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has been controversial: misrepresented, abused, denied and fiercely debated. In this powerful defence of Darwin, Daniel C. Dennett explores every aspect of evolutionary thinking to show why it is so fundamental to our existence, and why it affirms - not threatens - our convictions about the meaning of life.

推薦理由

'Essential and pleasurable for any thinking person'

Stephen Pinker

'A surpassingly brilliant book. Where creative, it lifts the reader to new intellectual heights. Where critical, it is devastating'

Richard Dawkins

'A brilliant piece of persuasion, excitingly argued and compulsively readable'

The Times Higher Education Supplement

'Superb ... This is the best single-author overview of all the implications of evolution by natural selection available ... deserves a place on the bookshelves of every thinking person'

John Gribbin, Sunday Times

'Dennett's book brings together science and philosophy with wit, complex clarity and an infectious sense that these ideas matter, to us and the way we live now'

A.S. Byatt, Sunday Times Books of the Year

Daniel C. Dennett is one of the most original and provocative thinkers in the world. A brilliant polemicist and philosopher, he is famous for challenging unexamined orthodoxies, and an outspoken supporter of the Brights movement. His books include Brainstorms, Brainchildren, Elbow Room, Breaking the Spell, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Consciousness Explained and Freedom Evolves.