Evolution in the Double Stream of Time

Evolution in the Double Stream of Time: An inner Morphology of Organic Thought (2nd edition)

Why did evolution proceed all the way to man and not stop at an earlier stage? Do we owe our existence to a chain of coincidences over millions of years? Can life be explained from dead matter? And what is life at all? The answers that natural science gives to these fundamental questions cannot satisfy deeper thought. This book shows that in the naturalistic and Darwinian explanation of life and its evolution, a decisive factor is overlooked, namely the human mind. The questions about live and about the direction and meaning of evolution can be answered if the knowing mind is taken into account not as a spectator but as an integral part of reality. In the self-perception of cognition, the forces and laws of organic development can be observed and explored. It becomes apparent that evolution was not a random event, but the organic overall process of the becoming of man.

C O N T E N T S:

Part I: The Enigma of Life, Knowing Consciousness and Time
The Question about Life
The Transition from Idealistic to Materialistic Biology in the 19th Century
The Enigma of Development of the Living Shape
Goethe Rudolf Steiner and the Knowledge of Living Things
Organism, Cognition and Time
Part II: The Time Cross as Structure of Living Development and Evolution
The Animal Form as Expression of the Psyche
Molecular Genetics in the Double Stream
The Evolution of Animals
Evolution as the Becoming of Man
Phylogeny as a Meta-Organism
Essence and Evolution of Man
Part III: Appendix

About the Author

Prof. Dr rer. nat. Christoph Hueck, born 1961, studied biology and chemistry (1984-1990), doctorate in bacterial genetics (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 1994), basic and applied molecular biology research (including vaccine development) in Germany and the USA (Harvard University, University of California San Diego, University of Washington Seattle, University of Würzburg, Creatogen Biosciences GmbH Augsburg, 1990-2002). Teacher at a Waldorf school in Bavaria (2003-2008), lecturer at the Freie Hochschule Stuttgart (2008-2015), professor of life sciences there (2013). Research project on the lifelong health effects of Waldorf education in cooperation with Charité Berlin (2009-2013). Founded the Akanthos Academy for Anthroposophical Research and Development e.V. in Stuttgart (2014). Editor of various journals.