Edward O. Wilson, CONSILIENCE

Wilson, Edward O. CONSILIENCE: THE UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

 

BIOGRAPHIC AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC
Edward O. Wilson was born in 1929. He is Pellegrino University Research Professor and Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. His books include the following: Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975); On Human Nature (1978); The Ants (1990); Naturalist (1994). Also, The Diversity of Life, Biophilia, The Insect Societies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
  1. The Ionian Enchantment, 3
  2. The Great Branches of Learning, 8
  3. The Enlightenment, 14
  4. The Natural Sciences, 45
  5. Ariadne's Thread, 66
  6. The Mind, 96,
  7. From Genes to Culture, 125
  8. The Fitness of Human Nature, 164
  9. The Social Sciences, 181
  10. The Arts and Their Interpretation, 210
  11. Ethics and Religion, 238
  12. To What End?, 266

Notes, 299-320

 

 

SELECTED SUMMARY NOTES ON THE TEXT
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SIGNIFICANCE, EVALUATION, AND RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER WORK
This book is the subject of an essay, Toward A New Enlightenment?

 

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