• the riddle of the universe: ernst haeckel’s first answers

• existence as monistic totality (a "closed system")

• determinism & cybernetic materialism

• julien ofray de la mettrie’s l’ homme machine

• teleology: the pertinacity of a myth

• the unity of knowledge: edward o. wilson’s sensational book consilience

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