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Title The Cambridge companion to Darwin / edited by Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 486 pages)
Series The series of Cambridge companions
Cambridge companions to philosophy.
Contents pt. I. Darwin's theorising. 1. The making of a philosophical naturalist / Phillip R. Sloan -- 2. The notebook programmes and projects of Darwin's London years / Jonathan Hodge -- 3. Darwin on generation, pangenesis and sexual selection / Jim Endersby -- 4. Darwin on mind, morals and emotions / Robert J. Richards -- 5. The arguments in The origin of species / C. Kenneth Waters -- pt. II. Historical contexts. 6. Is the theory of natural selection independent of its history? / Gregory Radick -- 7. Darwin's science and Victorian philosophy of science / David L. Hull -- 8. Darwin and Victorian Christianity / John Hedley Brooke -- 9. Darwin, social Darwinism and eugenics / Diane B. Paul -- 10. From Darwin to today in evolutionary biology / Jean Gayon -- pt. III. Philosophical themes. 11. Metaphysical and epistemological issues in modern Darwinian theory / Elliott Sober -- 12. Darwinian concepts in the philosophy of mind / Kim Sterelny -- 13. Darwinism in moral philosophy and social theory / Alex Rosenberg -- 14. Belief in God in a Darwinian age / Michael Ruse -- pt. IV. Ways forward. 15. In Darwin's wake, where am I? / Daniel C. Dennett -- 16. Ethical expressions : why moralists scowl, frown and smile / Owen Flanagan -- 17. Giving Darwin his due / Philip Kitcher
Summary This volume offers clear, lively and balanced introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies. The contributors examine Darwin's main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin's science in the context of its times; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-460) and index
Notes English
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Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
SUBJECT Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 fast
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. larpcal
Darwin, Charles, (1809-1882) -- Critique et interprétation. ram
Darwin, Charles. swd
Subject Biological Evolution -- history
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
Evolutietheorie.
Biology.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Biology - General.
Darwinismo.
Evolução (teoria)
Darwinisme.
Form Electronic book
Author Hodge, M. J. S. (Michael Jonathan Sessions), 1940-
Radick, Gregory.
LC no. 2002031070
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