The Book Prize Index

The Meaning of Human Existence

E.O. Wilson

In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species and posits that we, as a species, now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a systematic, indeed, in a testable way.

ScienceScience · high confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceOpen Library: Social evolution -> ScienceOpen Library: Biological Evolution -> ScienceNatural History & Animals

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor2014FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Edward O. Wilson80%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Humans are different from other species, and, because we now know enough about the universe and ourselves, we can systematically and testably approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life.

    Model confidence 72%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    55 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.