evolution and the meanings of life Dennett, D. C. creator text xx New York Simon & Schuster 1995 9999 monographic und eng

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586 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Part I. Starting in the middle. Tell me why ; An idea is born ; Universal acid ; The tree of life ; The possible and the actual ; Threads of actuality in design space -- Part II. Darwinian thnking in biology. Priming Darwin's pump ; Biology is engineering ; Searching for quality ; Bully for brontosaurus -- Part III. Mind, meaning, mathematics, and morality. Controversies contained ; The cranes of culture ; Losing our minds to Darwin ; The evolution of meanings ; The emperor's new mind, and other fables ; On the origin of morality ; Redesigning morality ; The future of an idea. D. C. Dennett Natural selection.Evolution (Biology)—Philosophy.Human evolution—Philosophy QH375 .D45 1995 97806848029090684802902 240426