Preface | p. xv |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Darwin: On Changing the Mind (2000) | p. 3 |
Darwin's Life | p. 21 |
Who Is Darwin? (1991) | p. 23 |
Scientific Thought: Just before Darwin | p. 31 |
Biology before the Beagle (1964) | p. 33 |
An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) | p. 39 |
Natural Theology (1802) | p. 41 |
Zoological Philosophy (1809) | p. 44 |
Principles of Geology (1830-33) | p. 49 |
The Study of Natural Philosophy (1830) | p. 52 |
Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology (1833) | p. 57 |
On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type (1858) | p. 61 |
Selections from Darwin's Work | p. 65 |
The Voyage of the Beagle (1845) | p. 67 |
St. Jago--Cape de Verd Islands | p. 67 |
Galapagos Archipelago | p. 67 |
On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and On the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection (1858) | p. 82 |
Extract from an unpublished Work on Species, by C. Darwin, Esq. | p. 82 |
Abstract of a Letter from C. Darwin, Esq., to Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S., dated Down, September 5th, 1857 | p. 85 |
An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species, previously to the Publication of This Work (1861) | p. 87 |
The Origin of Species (1859) | p. 95 |
Introduction | p. 95 |
Variation under Domestication | p. 98 |
Variation under Nature | p. 106 |
Struggle for Existence | p. 107 |
Natural Selection | p. 111 |
Difficulties on Theory | p. 135 |
On the Imperfections of the Geological Record | p. 147 |
Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs | p. 151 |
Recapitulation and Conclusion | p. 158 |
The Descent of Man (1871) | p. 175 |
Introduction | p. 175 |
The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form | p. 177 |
On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form | p. 194 |
Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals | p. 213 |
On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man | p. 222 |
Principles of Sexual Selection | p. 230 |
Secondary Sexual Characters of Man | p. 232 |
Secondary Sexual Characters of Man--continued | p. 239 |
General Summary and Conclusion | p. 243 |
Darwin's Influence on Science | p. 255 |
The Victorian Opposition to Darwin | p. 257 |
Darwin and His Critics (1983) | p. 257 |
Objections to Mr. Darwin's Theory of the Origin of Species (1860) | p. 265 |
Darwin on the Origin of Species (1860) | p. 267 |
Review of the Origin of Species (1867) | p. 271 |
Victorian Supporters of Darwin | p. 276 |
Flora Tasmaniae (1859) | p. 276 |
On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals (1863) | p. 280 |
Principles of Geology (1867) | p. 285 |
The Debt of Science to Darwin (1883) | p. 287 |
Darwin and the Shaping of Modern Science | p. 289 |
Scientific Method in Evolution | p. 289 |
Evolution and the Nature of Science (1999) | p. 289 |
Explaining the Very Improbable (1987) | p. 301 |
On the Uncertainty of Science (1980) | p. 304 |
Postmodernisms and the Problem of Scientific Literacy (1998) | p. 308 |
Science and Sensibility (1999) | p. 314 |
The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis | p. 319 |
The Evolutionary Synthesis (1984) | p. 319 |
The Human Genealogy | p. 326 |
The Chosen Primate (1994) | p. 326 |
Out of Africa Again ... and Again? (1997) | p. 335 |
The Human Difference (1999) | p. 342 |
Punctuated Equilibrium | p. 344 |
[On Punctuated Equilibrium] (1991) | p. 344 |
The Great Stasis Debate (1995) | p. 349 |
Rethinking Taxonomy | p. 356 |
Darwin's Views of Classification (1999) | p. 356 |
Cladistic Analysis (1988) | p. 361 |
[Cladistics in Action: The Origin of Birds and Their Flight] (1998) | p. 363 |
Evolution as Observable Fact | p. 373 |
How Natural Selection Operates (1996) | p. 373 |
Natural Selection and Darwin's Finches (1991) | p. 377 |
Natural Selection in the Wild (1986) | p. 384 |
Darwinian Patterns in Social Thought | p. 387 |
Competition and Cooperation | p. 389 |
The Vogue of Spencer (1955) | p. 389 |
The Gospel of Wealth (1900) | p. 396 |
Mutual Aid (1902) | p. 398 |
The Arithmetics of Mutual Help (1995) | p. 403 |
Nature and Nurture | p. 409 |
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975) | p. 409 |
Biological Potentiality vs. Biological Determinism (1977) | p. 415 |
The New Creationism: Biology under Attack (1997) | p. 420 |
Evolution and Gender | p. 426 |
The Woman's Bible (1898) | p. 426 |
On Becoming Human (1981) | p. 427 |
Darwin and the Descent of Woman (1983) | p. 436 |
Woman Red in Tooth and Claw (1989) | p. 444 |
Evolution and Other Disciplines | p. 450 |
[On Consilience] (1998) | p. 450 |
Evolution and the Origins of Disease (1998) | p. 459 |
How the Mind Works (1997) | p. 465 |
The Set within the Skull (1997) | p. 477 |
Darwinian Influences in Philosophy and Ethics | p. 481 |
The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy (1909) | p. 483 |
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Natural Selection as an Algorithmic Process (1995) | p. 489 |
Darwinian Epistemology (1998) | p. 493 |
Evolution and Ethics (1893) | p. 501 |
Evolutionary Ethics (1943) | p. 503 |
The Evolution of Ethics (1985) | p. 507 |
Good Natured: The Origin of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals (1996) | p. 511 |
The Origins of Virtue (1997) | p. 517 |
Evolutionary Theory and Religious Theory | p. 525 |
Mainstream Religious Support for Evolution | p. 527 |
Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996) | p. 527 |
On Creationism in School Textbooks (1984) | p. 529 |
Evolution and Creationism (1982) | p. 529 |
[Statement on Evolution] (1965) | p. 531 |
Resolution on Evolutionism and Creationism (1982) | p. 532 |
Resolution Opposing "Scientific Creationism" (1982) | p. 533 |
Fundamentalist Creationism | p. 534 |
Antievolution and Creationism in the United States (1997) | p. 534 |
The Scopes Trial (1925) | p. 542 |
Orthodox Jewish Creationists (2000) | p. 549 |
[Islamic Creationism] (1997) | p. 551 |
[A Hare Krishna on Darwinian Evolution] (1977) | p. 553 |
Tenets of Creationism (1998) | p. 555 |
Scientific Creationism (1985) | p. 557 |
Review of Morris (1992) | p. 564 |
Evolution at the Grass Roots (1998) | p. 569 |
[Creationism versus Biotechnology] (1998) | p. 569 |
[The Politics of Creationism] (1998) | p. 570 |
What Do Christians Really Believe about Evolution? (1998) | p. 572 |
Seven Significant Court Decisions Regarding Evolution/Creation Issues (1998) | p. 574 |
Personal Incredulity and Antievolutionism | p. 577 |
[The Argument from Personal Incredulity] (1987) | p. 577 |
Darwin on Trial (1991) | p. 581 |
Review of Johnson (1992) | p. 586 |
Darwin's Black Box (1996) | p. 592 |
Review of Behe (1997) | p. 601 |
Darwin's New Critics on Trial (1998) | p. 605 |
Scientists' Opposition to Creationism | p. 613 |
Forced Teaching of Creationist Beliefs in Public School Science Education (1982) | p. 613 |
Resolution Opposing Creationism in Science Courses (1999) | p. 614 |
Statement on Teaching Evolution (1998) | p. 615 |
Frequently Asked Questions about Evolution and the Nature of Science (1998) | p. 617 |
Fundamentalist Creationism and the Value of Satire | p. 624 |
Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story (1998) | p. 625 |
Darwin's Ark (1984) | p. 627 |
Darwin and the Literary Mind | p. 631 |
Darwin's Literary Sensibility | p. 633 |
Autobiography (1876) | p. 633 |
Darwin's Humane Reading (1982) | p. 634 |
Darwin and Pain: Why Science Made Shakespeare Nauseating (1995) | p. 639 |
Darwin's Plots (1983) | p. 645 |
Darwin's Influence on Literature | p. 653 |
Darwin among the Poets (1932) | p. 653 |
Darwin among the Novelists (1988) | p. 658 |
The Tragic Fallacy (1929) | p. 664 |
Modern Tragedy (1956) | p. 667 |
Darwin-Sightings in Recent Literature (2000) | p. 670 |
Selected Readings | p. 683 |
Index | p. 689 |
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