E-LOGOS 2007, 14(1):1-14

A Reconnaissance of the Cosmos: A Critical Response to Konstantin S. Khroutski's BioCosmology - Science of the Universal Future

Arthur Saniotis
Discipline of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, the University of Adelaide.

In the last four centuries there have been a number of cosmological and evolutionary insights which have informed our understanding of the architecture of the universe and life on earth. Nineteenth and twentieth century theories of evolution continued this speculative trend in relation to human evolution and emergence. Konstantin Khroutski's bio-cosmology paradigm offers a new insight into understanding biological and social processes. This paper provides a critical response of some areas of Khroutski's theory as well as will proposing new ways in which bio-cosmology can further contribute to evolutionary science.

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