Transcendentalism or Empiricism? A Discussion of a Problem Raised in E. O. Wilson's Book Consilience

Abstract. E. O. Wilson writes that the “choice between transcendentalism and empiricism” is this century's “version of the struggle for men's soul” (1998, 240). The transcendentalist argues for theism—that there is a God, a creator of the world. The empiricist instead makes the point that...

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Main Author: Brun, Rudolf (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2005
In: Zygon
Year: 2005, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 769-778
Further subjects:B origin of religion
B Emergentism
B Creation
B cosmogenesis
B Natural Law
B Empiricism
B Transcendentalism
B Evolution
B Christianity
B Racism
B Complexity
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