Darwin's Bridge: Uniting the Humanities and Sciences [Hardcover]

Darwin's Bridge: Uniting the Humanities and Sciencesexplores the meaning of consilience and considers the unity of human evolution, human nature, social dynamics, art, and narrative. Bringing together cutting-edge scientists and scholars across a range of fields of knowledge production, this volume makes it possible to see how far we have come toward unifying knowledge about the human species, what major issues are still in contention, and what areas of research are likely to produce further progress.In its modern usage, the term consilience was first established by Edward O. Wilson in his 1998 book,Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. Wilson's original thesis contained two parts: that nature forms a unitary order of causal forces, hierarchically organized, and that scientific knowledge, because it delineates nature, also forms a unitary order, promising consensus among diverse fields.Bringing together cutting-edge scientists and scholars across this range,Darwin's Bridgegives an expert account of consilience and makes it possible to see how far we have come toward unifying knowledge about the human species, what major issues are still in contention, and which areas of research are likely to produce further progress. Readers will be delighted as they, along with the work's contributing authors, explore the deeper meaning of consilience and consider the harmony of human evolution, human nature, social dynamics, art, and narrative.Foreword by Alice DregerIntroduction: Joseph CarrollPart I. Transforming Our Vision of the Human StoryChapter 1. Edward O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence Part II. The Evolution of Human SocialityChapter 2. Christopher Boehm, Bullies: Redefining the Human Free-Rider Problem Chapter 3. Herbert Gintis, The Structure and Evolution of Morality: Public and Private Persona Chapter 4. Henry Harpending & Nathan Harris, Human Kinship as a Green Beard Chapter 5. Michael Rose, DlC%