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Pier Luigi Luisi



Pier Luigi Luisi is a Swiss chemistry professor.

When he is not doing science, Natural scientist Pier Luigi Luisi looks for the purpose of life within the structure and function of life itself. [1], and extrapolate life's purpose from the activities of living organisms.

He holds the view the natural scientists should look for the purpose of life within the structure and function of life itself.[1]

Luisi has suggested that the concepts of "purpose" offered by science are a "mere mental construction" which depend on the social and religious traditions of individuals in the scientific community.

“ The "purpose" is a mere mental construction of the scientist observer, it depends on his/her intelligence, on his race, religion, scientific beliefs. This implies that the notion of purpose is not objective, but it is contextual, changing in time and is probably different in different societies and traditions and point of time.[1] ”

Books

  • The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology
  • Giant Vesicles (Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry) Written with Peter Walde

References

  1. ^ a b Luisi, Pier Luigi (1998). Does Science See A Purpose In Life?. Center for Theoretical Study. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
 
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