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The Cambridge companion to Darwin

Author: M J S Hodge; Gregory Radick
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series: Cambridge companions to philosophy.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This volume provides the reader with clear, lively and balanced introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies. A distinguished team of contributors examines Darwin's main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin's science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinian  Read more...
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Named Person: Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: M J S Hodge; Gregory Radick
ISBN: 0521771978 9780521771979 0521777305 9780521777308
OCLC Number: 50410164
Description: xiii, 486 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Series Title: Cambridge companions to philosophy.
Responsibility: edited by Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick.
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Abstract:

"This volume provides the reader with clear, lively and balanced introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies. A distinguished team of contributors examines Darwin's main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin's science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy." "New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Darwin currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Darwin."--Jacket.

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