Ursula Goodenough
Biographic Data
| ID | 6692793 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ursula Goodenough |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ursula |
| FAMILY NAME | Goodenough |
| SIGNATURE | GOODENOUGH U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor Emerita of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7924-9858 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Sacred Depths of Nature
The book presents an accessible and engaging account of our science-based understandings of Nature, with a focus on biology and ecology, and then suggests ways that this account can elicit abiding and enriching non-theistic spiritual responses, generating a religious naturalist orientation. Each chapter begins with a story about the dynamics of Nature, recounting what has been called “The Epic of Evolution” or “Everybody’s Story”: our current und…
Honoring Nature All The Way Down
Progress, Purpose and Contingency
There is much to applaud in Berry's book The Great Work. However this response questions the framework of purposive, hierarchical progress of the universe which is outlined in Berry's narrative. It suggests that an alternative view is to see cosmic change as non-progressive and contingent - and that this perspective encourages the affirmation of wonder at the universe
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Progress, Purpose and Contingency
There is much to applaud in Berry's book The Great Work. However this response questions the framework of purposive, hierarchical progress of the universe which is outlined in Berry's narrative. It suggests that an alternative view is to see cosmic change as non-progressive and contingent - and that this perspective encourages the affirmation of wonder at the universe
Honoring Nature All The Way Down
The Sacred Depths of Nature
The book presents an accessible and engaging account of our science-based understandings of Nature, with a focus on biology and ecology, and then suggests ways that this account can elicit abiding and enriching non-theistic spiritual responses, generating a religious naturalist orientation. Each chapter begins with a story about the dynamics of Nature, recounting what has been called “The Epic of Evolution” or “Everybody’s Story”: our current und…
Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Astronomy (1 work) · Berry (1 work) · Bioethik (1 work)