This book explores three worlds shared by the humans in their collective experiences. It identifies and explores the world of commonsense, the world of religion, and the world of science as three essential dimensions of human experience. The book helps understand that humans can gain comfort and pleasure in commonsense, achieve meaning and purpose from religion, and attain truth and rationality through science. It actively applies theories to and develops theoretical explanations from different domains or situations of human existence. This book is of interest to theorists, researchers, instructors, and students across major academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.
This book explores three worlds shared by the humans in their collective experiences. It identifies and explores the world of commonsense, the world of religion, and the world of science as three essential dimensions of human experience. The book helps understand that humans can gain comfort and pleasure in commonsense, achieve meaning and purpose from religion, and attain truth and rationality through science. It actively applies theories to and develops theoretical explanations from different domains or situations of human existence. This book is of interest to theorists, researchers, instructors, and students across major academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.
Demonstrates human needs for survival, human struggles in spirituality and human capacities in the pursuit of truth Applies theories to and develops theoretical explanations from different domains or situations of human existence Builds upon major disciplines across social sciences and humanities by exploring each world, from common sense to religion to science
Victor N. Shaw
World of Commonsense World of Religion World of Science Individual Life Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions Social Dynamics Human Grouping and Societal Surviving Human Beliefs and Practices in Spirituality Comparative and Historical Perspectives Human Evolution Ongoing Survival in the World of Commonsense Human Evolution and Spirituality Human Evolution and Science Human Evolution in Time and Across Space