FROM BELIEF TO UNBELIEF–AND HALFWAY BACK |
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Authors: | Michael Ruse |
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Affiliation: | Michael Ruse is Professor of Philosophy and Zoology, Departments of Philosophy and Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1. |
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Abstract: | Abstract. Through autobiography, I explain why I cannot accept conventional Christianity or any other form of religious belief. I sketch how, through modern evolutionary theory, I try to find an alternative world-picture, one which is, however, essentially agnostic about ultimate meanings. I characterize my position as being that of "David Hume brought up-to-date by Charles Darwin." I express sad skepticism about ever realizing the hopes on which Zygon was founded. |
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Keywords: | Charles Darwin evolutionary ethics internal realism religious doubt Michael Ruse skepticism |
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