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The Epic of Evolution as a Framework for Human Orientation in Life
Author(s) -
Kaufman George
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/0591-2385.821997081
Subject(s) - epic , human life , orientation (vector space) , future orientation , cosmic cancer database , epistemology , cosmology , human evolution , sociology , philosophy , psychology , anthropology , literature , art , social psychology , mathematics , astronomy , physics , geometry , theology , humanity
This article sketches what is required of a world picture (religious or nonreligious) that is intended to provide orientation in the world for ongoing human life today. How do we move from conceptions and theories prominent in the modern sciences—such as cosmic and biological evolution—to an overall picture or cosmology which can orient us for the effective address of today's deepest human problems? A biohistorical conception of the human is proposed in answer to this question.