How Long to Read Purpose & Desire

How Long Does it Take to Read Purpose & Desire?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read Purpose & Desire by J. Scott Turner

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A professor, biologist, and physiologist argues that modern Darwinism’s materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life is—and only an openness to the qualities of "purpose and desire" will move the field forward. Scott Turner contends. "To be scientists, we force ourselves into a Hobson’s choice on the matter: accept intentionality and purposefulness as real attributes of life, which disqualifies you as a scientist; or become a scientist and dismiss life’s distinctive quality from your thinking. I have come to believe that this choice actually stands in the way of our having a fully coherent theory of life." Growing research shows that life's most distinctive quality, shared by all living things, is purpose and desire: maintain homeostasis to sustain life. In Purpose and Desire, Turner draws on the work of Claude Bernard, a contemporary of Darwin revered among physiologists as the founder of experimental medicine, to build on Bernard’s "dangerous idea" of vitalism, which seeks to identify what makes "life" a unique phenomenon of nature. To further its quest to achieve a fuller understanding of life, Turner argues, science must move beyond strictly accepted measures that consider only the mechanics of nature. A thoughtful appeal to widen our perspective of biology that is grounded in scientific evidence, Purpose and Desire helps us bridge the ideological evolutionary divide.

How long is Purpose & Desire?

Purpose & Desire by J. Scott Turner is 340 pages long, and a total of 85,000 words.

This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Purpose & Desire Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 44 minutes to read Purpose & Desire aloud.

What Reading Level is Purpose & Desire?

Purpose & Desire is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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