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Author Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018.

Title Evolution as a religion : strange hopes and stranger fears / Mary Midgley
Published London ; New York : Methuen, 1985

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Description 180 pages ; 22 cm
Series University paperbacks ; 852
University paperbacks ; 852
Contents 1. Evolutionary dramas -- 2. Do science and religion compete? -- 3. Demarcation disputes -- 4. The irrestible escalator -- 5. Choosing a world -- 6. The problem of direction -- 7. Scientist and superscientist -- 8. Dazzling prospects -- 9. Black holes: Jacques Monod and the isolation of 'science' -- 10. Freedom and the Monte carlo drama -- 11. Scientific education and human transience -- 12. Mixed antitheses -- 13. Science, scepticism and awe -- 14. The service of self and the service of Kali -- 15. Who or what is selfish? -- 16. Dreaming or waking -- 17. The limits of individualism -- 18. The vulnerable world and its claims on us
Analysis Organisms Evolution
Organisms Evolution - Philosophical perspectives
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [163]-171
Subject Evolution -- Religious aspects.
Religion and science.
Evolution -- Philosophy.
Evolution -- Religious aspects.
Evolution.
Religion and science -- History -- 20th century.
Religion and science -- 1946-
Religion and science.
Biological Evolution.
Religion and Science.
LC no. 85013893
ISBN 041639650X (hard)
0416396607 (paperback)