Darwin

Name: Darwin
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ISBN: 9780521711845

ISBN-10: 0521711843

ISBN-13: 9780521711845

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Jonathan Hodge, Gregory Radick

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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.

Book details

List price: $41.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/5/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 564
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

Jonathan Hodge is Senior Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds.



Preface


Introduction




Darwin's Theorising



The making of a philosophical naturalist




The notebook programmes and projects of Darwin's London years




Darwin on generation, pangenesis and sexual selection




Darwin on mind, morals and emotions




The arguments in the Origin of Species




Historical Contexts



Is the theory of natural selection independent of its history?




Darwin's science and Victorian philosophy of science




Darwin and Victorian Christianity




Darwin, social Darwinism and eugenics




The place of Darwin's theories in the intellectual long run




Current Issues



From Darwin to today in evolutionary biology




Metaphysical and epistemological issues in modern Darwinian theory




Darwinian concepts in the philosophy of mind




Darwinism in moral philosophy and social theory




Belief in God in a Darwinian age




Philosophical Prospects



In Darwin's wake, where am I?




Ethical expressions: why moralists scowl, frown and smile




Is human nature natural?




Giving Darwin his due



Guide to further reading


List of references


Index