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The Sparks of Randomness, Volume 1: Spermatic Knowledge by Henri Atlan (Paperback, 2010)
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The Sparks of Randomness, Henri Atlan's magnum opus, develops his whole philosophy with a highly impressive display of kwledge, wisdom, depth, rigor, and intellectual and moral vigor. Atlan founds an ethics adapted to the new power over life that modern scientific kwledge has given us. He holds that the results of science cant ground any ethical or political truth whatsoever, while human creative activity and the conquest of kwledge are a double-edged sword. This first volume, Spermatic Kwledge, begins with the Talmudic tale about the prophet Jeremiah's creation of a golem, or artificial man. Atlan shows that the Jewish tradition does t demonize man for creating and changing living things-a charge often leveled at promoters of advanced techlogies, like biologists, who are accused of playing God. To the contrary, man is depicted as being the co-creator of the world. Although Atlan believes that the fabrication of life from scratch will take place in the near future, he posits that this achievement will t really amount to creating life current biology and biotechlogies have demonstrated that there is absolute distinction between life and n-life, critical threshold whose crossing would be taboo. He also debunks and demystifies our belief in free will and our conviction, of theological origin, that there would be possibility for ethics if free will were shown to be an illusion. Throughout, he combines science, religion, and ancient and modern philosophy in unexpected and inspired ways. His radical, uncompromising Spizism allows him to propose a complete revision of cognitive science and philosophy of mind, while showing that their current impasses stem from remnants of traditional dualism. From his brilliant reflections on time, he also derives exciting considerations for medicine and epidemiology.Product Identifiers
PublisherStanford University Press
ISBN-100804760276
ISBN-139780804760270
eBay Product ID (ePID)94725184
Product Key Features
SubjectPhilosophy
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorHenri Atlan
FormatTrade Paperback (Us), Paperback
Dimensions
Height254mm
Width178mm
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication02/11/2010
Place of PublicationPalo Alto
Series TitleCultural Memory in the Present
Translated byLenn J. Schramm
GenrePhilosophy
Country of PublicationUnited States
Author BiographyHenri Atlan is Professor Emeritus of Biophysics and Director of the Human Biology Research Center at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem and Director of Research at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. For decades, he also served on the French National Advisory Committee on Ethics in the Health and Life Sciences. Atlan's honorific titles include the French Legion of Honor, the French Order of Arts and Letters, and the French National Order of Merit.
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