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A Bible for a Thoughtful Skeptic: The Natural History of Intelligence
2005réf. 11060Xlibris 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover 344 pages NOT ex-library. Limited gentle wear book is clean and bright with unmarked text free of inscriptions and stamps firmly bound. Untorn dust jacket shows regular shelfwear and a bit of edgewear. -- Thom Pain Jr. is the son of the imaginary scholar created by Will Eno for the stage play Thom Pain based on nothing who shares the dreams of Thomas Paine the great rationalist of the 18th century and author of American Crisis Common Sense and Age of Reason. The prophets in Thom's bible are historians scientists and philosophers. He identifies the discoveries of systems and information theory early in the 20th century as the last stage in the emancipation of science from theology and examines the implications of that distinction for the concepts of faith and truth. The story he tells is the natural history of intelligence as well as the justification for his faith in intelligence. -- Contents: Introduction: The Road to Rational Faith; I In the Beginning: The Origins and Evolution of Intelligence 1 The Right Choice: Nature's Discovery of Purpose and Intelligence 2 Nature of Biological Control Systems 3 Memories & Emergence of Intelligence 4 Types of Intelligence Bodily Coordination Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence; Spatial & Conceptual Intelligence Organization of Information; Logical-mathematical & Intrapersonal & Interpersonal intelligence; Social Awareness as a Tool of Intelligence 5 Evolution of Intelligence Becomes a Social Story 6 Development of Human Intelligence 7 "Thought Contagion" the Social Version of the "Tropism for Truth" 8 Evolution of Social Organization 9 Intelligent Social Responsibility Intelligence as a Source of Social Imperatives; Advantages of Personal Relationships; Emotional Side Effects of Personal Encounters; Status as a Motive for Socially Responsible Behavior; Benefits of Membership; Functional Advantages of Social Arrangements; Advantages of Cooperative Activities; Religious Beliefs that Mandate Altruistic Behavior; Intentional Maliciousness: The Other Side of Altruism 10 Families Tribes and the Church and State A New World of Human Organizations and Ideologies; Creative Role of Social Organizations; Religion: One of the First Social Inventions; Dark Side of Social Organizations; Human Species Has Created Its Own "Frankensteins"; Religious and Political Leaders As Surrogates for Natural Selection 11 Social Changes that Emerged with the Growth of the Population 12 Civilization and the Evolution of Intelligence Social Barriers to Intellectual Progress; Special Role of Religion in Intellectual Development; Origins of Monotheism; Two Streams of Intellectual Progress II Natural Progress of Intelligence 13 Birth of Philosophy and the Beginnings of Science Role of Inconsistencies and Anomalies in Intellectual Progress; Identification Intellectual Progress 14 Critical Concepts and Intellectual Progress Animate and Inanimate Objects; Nature of Inanimate Objects; Nature and Structure of the Earth; Earth Sciences; Evolution: The Emancipation of the Biological Sciences from Divine Intervention; Systems Theory: New Theories of Organization and Control III Struggle Against Barriers to Intellectual Progress 15 Christianity Opens the Door to Political and Intellectual Freedom 16 Individualism: A Breakthrough in the Evolution of Intelligence Intellectuals Look at God; A Cynic Looks at Politics; Role of Individualism in Economic Theory; Who Should Pilot the Evolutionary Airplane 17 Rulers of the Sovereign States Dominate the Modern World 18 Concepts of Democracy and Free Markets Became Contagious Colonization and Imperialism as Cultural and Economic Forces; Reaction Against the Controls of Mercantilism; Story of "The Long Nineteenth Century"; Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Modern Capitalism; Rise of Socialism and Communism; New Imperialism; How World War I Changed the World 19 Emergence of Liberal Principles as National Guidelines; Index; Endnotes Xlibris hardcover
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