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Machine generated contents note: 1.1. What Is Darwin's Theory? -- 1.2. Common Ancestry -- 1.3. Darwin's Principle -- 1.4. Exceptions to Darwin's Principle -- 1.5. Causal and Evidential Orderings -- 1.6. Using Common Ancestry to Think about Natural Selection -- 1.7. Tree Thinking…
Preface p. 9 Acknowledgments p. 11 Part I Darwin's Great Work 1 On the Origin of Species p. 17 Part II The Early Years 2 Kant and Evolution p. 35 3 Darwinism and Mechanism p. 51 4 Kicking against the Pricks: Alfred Russel Wallace the Rebel p. 73 Part III The Middle Years 5 Adapt…
This volume brings together leading scholars to examine Darwinian perspectives on morality from widely ranging disciplines: evolutionary biology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and theology. They bring not only varied expertise, but also contrasting judgments about which,…
All organisms and species are transitory, yet life endures. The origin, extinction, and evolution of species - interconnected in the web of life as "eternal ephemera" - are the concern of evolutionary biology. In this riveting work, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge follows…
In his 'Descent of Man', Charles Darwin placed sympathy at the crux of morality in civilized society. His idea buttressed the belief that white, upper-class, educated men deserved their sense of superiority by virtue of good breeding. It also implied that progress could be steer…
Few people have done as much to change how we view the world as Charles Darwin. Yet On the Origin of Species is more cited than read, and parts of it are even considered outdated. In some ways, it has been consigned to the nineteenth century. In The Theory That Changed Everythin…
Congrès organisé à l'occasion du 150 ème anniversaire de la publication de Charles Darwin, "l'origine des espèces."
