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Philosophy after Darwin

Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400831296
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy after Darwin written by Michael Ruse and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wittgenstein famously remarked in 1923, "Darwin's theory has no more relevance for philosophy than any other hypothesis in natural science." Yet today we are witnessing a major revival of interest in applying evolutionary approaches to philosophical problems. Philosophy after Darwin is an anthology of essential writings covering the most influential ideas about the philosophical implications of Darwinism, from the publication of On the Origin of Species to today's cutting-edge research. Michael Ruse presents writings by leading modern thinkers and researchers--including some writings never before published--together with the most important historical documents on Darwinism and philosophy, starting with Darwin himself. Included here are Herbert Spencer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Henry Huxley, G. E. Moore, John Dewey, Konrad Lorenz, Stephen Toulmin, Karl Popper, Edward O. Wilson, Hilary Putnam, Philip Kitcher, Elliott Sober, and Peter Singer. Readers will encounter some of the staunchest critics of the evolutionary approach, such as Alvin Plantinga, as well as revealing excerpts from works like Jack London's The Call of the Wild. Ruse's comprehensive general introduction and insightful section introductions put these writings in context and explain how they relate to such fields as epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and ethics. An invaluable anthology and sourcebook, Philosophy after Darwin traces philosophy's complicated relationship with Darwin's dangerous idea, and shows how this relationship reflects a broad movement toward a secular, more naturalistic understanding of the human experience.

Human Nature After Darwin

Author : Janet Radcliffe Richards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134615825
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Human Nature After Darwin written by Janet Radcliffe Richards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Nature After Darwin is an original investigation of the implications of Darwinism for our understanding of ourselves and our situation. It casts new light on current Darwinian controversies, also providing an introduction to philosophical reasoning and a range of philosophical problems. Janet Radcliffe Richards claims that many current battles about Darwinism are based on mistaken assumptions about the implications of the rival views. Her analysis of these implications provides a much-needed guide to the fundamentals of Darwinism and the so-called Darwin wars, as well as providing a set of philosophical techniques relevant to wide areas of moral and political debate. The lucid presentation makes the book an ideal introduction to both philosophy and Darwinism as well as a substantive contribution to topics of intense current controversy. It will be of interest to students of philosophy, science and the social sciences, and critical thinking.

Philosophy After Darwin

Author : John Herman Randall Jr.
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231513357
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy After Darwin written by John Herman Randall Jr. and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1977-07-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy After Darwin

Darwinism & Philosophy

Author : Vittorio Hösle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Darwinism & Philosophy written by Vittorio Hösle and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosophically most challenging science today, arguably, is no longer physics but biology. It is hardly an exaggeration to state that Charles Darwin has shaped modern evolutionary biology more significantly than anyone else. Moreover, since Darwin's day, philosophers and scientists have realized the enormous philosophical potential of Darwinism and have tried to expand his insights well beyond the limits of biology. However, no consensus has been achieved. The aim of this collection of essays is to revive a comprehensive discussion of the meaning and the philosophical implications of "Darwinism." The contributors to Darwinism and Philosophy are international scholars from the fields of philosophy, science, and history of ideas. A strength of this collection is that it brings together sustained reflection from American and Continental philosophical traditions. The conclusions of the contributors vary, but taken together their essays successfully map the problems of interpreting "Darwinism."

God After Darwin

Author : John F. Haught
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429979797
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book God After Darwin written by John F. Haught and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In God After Darwin, eminent theologian John F. Haught argues that the ongoing debate between Darwinian evolutionists and Christian apologists is fundamentally misdirected: Both sides persist in focusing on an explanation of underlying design and order in the universe. Haught suggests that what is lacking in both of these competing ideologies is the notion of novelty, a necessary component of evolution and the essence of the unfolding of the divine mystery. He argues that Darwin's disturbing picture of life, instead of being hostile to religion-as scientific skeptics and many believers have thought it to be-actually provides a most fertile setting for mature reflection on the idea of God. Solidly grounded in scholarship, Haught's explanation of the relationship between theology and evolution is both accessible and engaging. The second edition of God After Darwin features an entirely new chapter on the ongoing, controversial debate between intelligent design and evolution, including an assessment of Haught's experience as an expert witness in the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District on teaching evolution and intelligent design in schools.

Living with Darwin

Author : Philip Kitcher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199724994
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book Living with Darwin written by Philip Kitcher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Darwin has been at the center of white-hot public debate for more than a century. In Living With Darwin, Philip Kitcher stokes the flames swirling around Darwin's theory, sifting through the scientific evidence for evolution, Creation Science, and Intelligent Design, and revealing why evolution has been the object of such vehement attack. Kitcher first provides valuable perspective on the present controversy, describing the many puzzles that blocked evolution's acceptance in the early years, and explaining how scientific research eventually found the answers to these conundrums. Interestingly, Kitcher shows that many of these early questions have been resurrected in recent years by proponents of Intelligent Design. In fact, Darwin himself considered the issue of intelligent design, and amassed a mountain of evidence that effectively refuted the idea. Kitcher argues that the problem with Intelligent Design isn't that it's "not science," as many critics say, but that it's "dead science," raising questions long resolved by scientists. But Kitcher points out that it is also important to recognize the cost of Darwin's success--the price of "life with Darwin." Darwinism has a profound effect on our understanding of our place in the universe, on our religious beliefs and aspirations. It is in truth the focal point of a larger clash between religious faith and modern science. Unless we can resolve this larger issue, the war over evolution will go on.

Philosophical Darwinism

Author : Peter Munz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134884834
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Darwinism written by Peter Munz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers have not taken the evolution of human beings seriously enough. If they did, argues Peter Munz, many long standing philosophical problems would be resolved. One of philosophical concequences of biology is that all the knowledge produced in evolution is a priori , i.e., established hypothetically by chance mutation and selective retention, not by observation and intelligent induction. For organisms as embodied theories, selection is natural and for theories as disembodied organisms, it is artificial. Following Popper, the growth of knowledge is seen to be continuous from the amoeba to Einstein'. Philosophical Darwinism throws a whole new light on many contemporary debates. It has damaging implications for cognitive science and artificial intelligence, and questions attempts from within biology to reduce mental events to neural processes. More importantly, it provides a rational postmodern alternative to what the author argues are the unreasonable postmodern fashions of Kuhn, Lyotard and Rorty.

Philosophy After Darwin

Author : John Herman Randall (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy After Darwin written by John Herman Randall (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and Other Essays

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Great Books in Philosophy
ISBN 13 : 9781573921374
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Influence of Darwin on Philosophy and Other Essays written by John Dewey and published by Great Books in Philosophy. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: H. Holt and Co., 1910.

Taking Darwin Seriously

Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631135425
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Taking Darwin Seriously written by Michael Ruse and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying evolutionary biology to traditional philosophical problems, this volume establishes a naturalistic approach to our understanding of life's major problems. Ruse argues thoughtfully that to understand the problems of knowledge and moral thought and behavior, we must know that we are the end-products of the natural process of evolution rather than the special creation of a supernatural god. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and other essays in contemporary thought

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and other essays in contemporary thought written by John Dewey and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and Other Essays in Contemporary Thought" by John Dewey is a collection of thought-provoking essays that delve into the profound impact of Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory on various aspects of philosophy and contemporary thought. Dewey, a renowned philosopher, provides insightful commentary on the philosophical implications of Darwin's groundbreaking ideas. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of science, philosophy, and intellectual history.

Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?

Author : Elliott Sober
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616142782
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards? written by Elliott Sober and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it accurate to label Darwin’s theory "the theory of evolution by natural selection," given that the concept of common ancestry is at least as central to Darwin’s theory? Did Darwin reject the idea that group selection causes characteristics to evolve that are good for the group though bad for the individual? How does Darwin’s discussion of God in The Origin of Species square with the common view that he is the champion of methodological naturalism? These are just some of the intriguing questions raised in this volume of interconnected philosophical essays on Darwin. The author's approach is informed by modern issues in evolutionary biology, but is sensitive to the ways in which Darwin’s outlook differed from that of many biologists today. The main topics that are the focus of the book—common ancestry, group selection, sex ratio, and naturalism—have rarely been discussed in their connection with Darwin in such penetrating detail. Author Professor Sober is the 2008 winner of the Prometheus Prize. This biennial award, established in 2006 through the American Philosophical Association, is designed "to honor a distinguished philosopher in recognition of his or her lifetime contribution to expanding the frontiers of research in philosophy and science." This insightful collection of essays will be of interest to philosophers, biologists, and laypersons seeking a deeper understanding of one of the most influential scientific theories ever propounded.

Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life

Author : Steve Stewart-Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139490990
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life written by Steve Stewart-Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that ultimately 'nothing' is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book, Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by evolutionary theory and the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, he argues that Darwinian science supports a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, but that we can still live a good life and a happy life within the confines of this view.

Before and After Darwin

Author : M.J.S. Hodge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100093926X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Before and After Darwin written by M.J.S. Hodge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of a pair of volumes by Jonathan Hodge, collecting all his most innovative, revisionist and influential papers on Charles Darwin and on the longer run of theories about origins and species from ancient times to the present. The focus in this volume is on the diversity of theories among such pre-Darwinian authors as Lamarck and Whewell, and on developments in the theory of natural selection since Darwin. Plato's Timaeus, the Biblical Genesis and any current textbook of evolutionary biology are all, it may well seem, on this same enduring topic: origins and species. However, even among classical authors, there were fundamental disagreements: the ontology and cosmogony of the Greek atomists were deeply opposed to Plato's; and, in the millennia since, the ontological and cosmogonical contexts for theories about origins and species have never settled into any unifying consensus. While the structure of Darwinian theory may be today broadly what it was in Darwin's own argumentation, controversy continues over the old issues about order, chance, necessity and purpose in the living world and the wider universe as a whole. The historical and philosophical papers collected in this volume, and in the companion volume devoted to Darwin's theorising, seek to clarify the major continuities and discontinuities in the long run of thinking about origins and species.

Render Unto Darwin

Author : James H. Fetzer
Publisher : Open Court
ISBN 13 : 0812698797
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Render Unto Darwin written by James H. Fetzer and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With exceptionally clear analysis, James Fetzer dissects the philosophical issues underlying today’s most contentious moral debates. He examines unflinchingly the controversies where science, religion, and politics meet — intelligent design, creationism, evolution, abortion, stem-cell research, and human cloning — and offers a concept of morality based on respect of individual rights, not religion.

Philosophy after Darwin

Author : John Herman Randall (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy after Darwin written by John Herman Randall (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Philosophical Darwinism

Author : Peter Munz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134884842
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Darwinism written by Peter Munz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers have not taken the evolution of human beings seriously enough. If they did, argues Peter Munz, many long standing philosophical problems would be resolved. One of philosophical concequences of biology is that all the knowledge produced in evolution is a priori , i.e., established hypothetically by chance mutation and selective retention, not by observation and intelligent induction. For organisms as embodied theories, selection is natural and for theories as disembodied organisms, it is artificial. Following Popper, the growth of knowledge is seen to be continuous from the amoeba to Einstein'. Philosophical Darwinism throws a whole new light on many contemporary debates. It has damaging implications for cognitive science and artificial intelligence, and questions attempts from within biology to reduce mental events to neural processes. More importantly, it provides a rational postmodern alternative to what the author argues are the unreasonable postmodern fashions of Kuhn, Lyotard and Rorty.